Global TB Incidence Falls, but Progress Trails 2025 Target by Five Years

The World Health Organization’s 2026 World TB report says the global tuberculosis burden is declining again after the COVID-19 setback, but progress is <b>five years behind the original target</b>. In 2025, the incidence rate was 129 new cases per 100,000 people, down 1.6% from 131 in 2024. Incidence fell 14% between 2015 and 2025, far short of the End TB Strategy’s 50% reduction target for 2025. TB remained one of the leading causes of death from a single infectious agent. <b>India accounted for a quarter of global cases in 2025</b>.