[Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine] New Study in South Africa Reveals Half of People With TB Have Multimorbidity, Which Explains 60% of Deaths

5 August 2026

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine news release

A new cohort study in South Africa highlighted the high prevalence of comorbidities among people with TB, and how the presence of several comorbidities (multimorbidity) explains 60% of mortality in people with TB.

The study, published in PLOS Global Public Health, followed 1,997 adults with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB across two provinces in South Africa to assess the prevalence of comorbidities and their impact on mortality.

Read the full news release here.

Source: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine