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Tuberculosis killed 1.23 million last year: WHO

A delegation affiliated with the World Health Organization (WHO) conducts inspections at Rantisi Children's Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza on October 19, 2025.[AFP]

Tuberculosis remains the world's leading infectious killer, claiming an estimated 1.23 million lives last year, the UN health organisation said Wednesday as it warned that recent gains made against the disease were fragile.

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