TUBERCULOSIS SITUATION IN 2020
KENYA
Population: 53,771,300
Lower middle-income
139,000
estimated people who developed TB. Among them 17,000 were Children (WHO TB Database)
67,354
missing people with TB ( 11,394 were Children) (WHO TB Database)
NA
estimated people who developed Drug Resistant TB (DR-TB) – a form of TB more difficult to diagnose, treat and cure (WHO TB Database)
NA
missing people with DR-TB(WHO TB Database)
35,000
estimated people who developed TB and were coinfected with HIV(WHO TB Database)
17,675
people were diagnosed with both, HIV infection and TB disease(WHO TB Database)
21,000
people died because of TB (WHO TB Database)
TB is the number 4
cause of death among communicable, maternal, neonatal & nutritional diseases(IHME Global Burden of Disease, 2020)
14,500,209
estimated people who are infected with TB. Untreated, about 5-10% of them will develop TB disease(IHME Global Burden of Disease, 2016)
7,713
under-five Child Contacts received TB preventive treatment (PT) out of the 20,000 requiring it(WHO TB Database)
124,469
PLHIV received PT out of No Data Available requiring it(WHO TB Database)
No Data
over-five Contacts received TB preventive treatment (PT) out of the EligibleAdultsPTxxx requiring it(WHO TB Database)
TB, 2010-2020
Drug Resistant TB, 2010-2020
TB-HIV Co-infection, 2010-2020
UNHLM Diagnosis and Treatment Targets
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UNHLM TB Preventive Therapy Targets
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Resources Needed to reach UNHLM Targets Resources include Health System Cost and Enablers
Due to the Covid pandemics, needs are likely to increase in 2021-2022
Undernourishment
HIV
Living in Slums
Diabetes
NA values indicate missing data
Age/Sex disaggregation of People with TB, 2020
Available TB Funding (US$ Millions), 2011-2020TB Funding excludes Health System Cost
Available Funding: Sources & Category, 2020
TB REACH Grants (US$ Cummulative)(2011-2020)
Diagnostics and Medicines supplied by GDF
(including New Drugs and Regimens)
Communities, Human Rights and Gender
Progress Related to Global Plan Targets
Reach at least 90% of people with TB
Successfully treat at least 90% of notified people with TB
Country Membership & Eligibility
Yes(Y)/No(N)
- Is High TB Burden? Y
- Is High DR-TB Burden? N
- Is High TB-HIV Burden? Y
- Eligible for Global Fund Funding (TB or TB/HIV)? Y
- Participates in GF Strategic Initiative to find missing people with TB? Y
- Active national TB MP Caucus? Y
- National StopTB Partnership? Y
- USAID TB Priority? NA
StopTB Partners in Country