Abstract:
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem. About a quarter of the world’s population is infected
with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and thus at risk of developing TB disease. TB is among the top 10 causes of
death globally. According to 2020 WHO Global TB Report, an estimated 10.0 million people fell ill with TB, 1.2
million TB deaths among HIV-negative people and an additional 208,000 deaths among PLHIV in 2019. Drugresistant
TB
continues
to
be
a
global
public
health
threat
with
3.4%
of
new
TB
cases
and
18%
of
previously
treated
cases
having
multidrug
resistant
TB
or
rifampicin-resistant
TB
(MDR/RR-TB).
