JAKARTA - Ahead of World Tuberculosis Day (TB) on March 24, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for pressure regarding increased public awareness and health services for the disease. This is influenced by TB which is still the deadliest infectious disease in the world.
This disease causes the death of more than 1 million people every year, which has a devastating impact on families and society. Therefore, global efforts to combat this disease have continued since 2000 and have saved about 79 million lives.
However, this effort to handle TB suddenly suffered a setback after President Donald Trump closed access to funds from the United States for International Development (USAID). This is even considered to result in a global health crisis related to tuberculosis.
Therefore, commemoration of World Tubercollosis Day with the theme "Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver", WHO invites the public to further highlight the importance of optimal control of this disease. WHO admits that it is committed to continuing to try to help countries at risk for handling TB.
"The world's huge profits against TB over the past 20 years are now at risk because funding cuts are starting to disrupt access to services for prevention, screening, and treatment for TB sufferers," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, quoted from the WHO website, on Friday, March 21, 2025.
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"But we cannot give up on concrete commitments made by world leaders. WHO is committed to working with all partner donors, and affected countries to reduce the impact of funding cuts and find innovative solutions," he added.
As a solution to overcome the cost of handling TB, WHO encourages TB intermigration and lung health in primary health care as a sustainable solution. The new technical guidelines released by WHO unravel important actions across a series of treatments.
The guidelines focus on prevention, early detection of TB and comorbidity, management optimized in the first contact and increasing follow-up to patients.
By overcoming the risk factors for TB together with the entire world community, this strengthens the global response and encourages a sustainable increase in future results.
The WHO calls on everyone, individuals, communities, communities, and the government, to do their part to end the TB.
Without the joint action of all stakeholders, efforts to deal with TB will be destroyed, reverse progress for decades, and put millions of lives at risk of death.
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