Bridging maternal health and tuberculosis control: closing the data and policy gap
Abstract
Tuberculosis is still one of the world's leading infectious diseases, accounting for an estimated 1·25 million deaths in 2023; nevertheless, its effect during pregnancy and the postpartum period has long been overlooked. Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva and colleagues' Article is an important step in illuminating the ignored junction of maternal and infectious illness epidemiology.1 The authors use population-based modelling to present the first updated global estimates in more than a decade, estimating that in 2023, about 239 300 pregnant and 97 600 postpartum women had tuberculosis, with HIV coinfection accounting for one in every five cases.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Global Maternal and Child Health
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Healthcare Facilities Design and Sustainability
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Lancet Global Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- e312–e313
- Publication date
- 7 January 2026
- Language
- EN