MSF Demands Sustained Investments and Political Will to End Neglect of Children With TB

23 March 2026

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) statement

This World TB Day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges governments and international donors to bring children to the heart of the global TB response and commit to providing sustained investments to diagnose, treat, and prevent TB in children, who remain one of the most vulnerable groups. No child should suffer or die from a disease that is both preventable and treatable.

“In an already underfunded TB response, children are pushed further to the back of the line when services are disrupted by aid cuts, conflict, or displacement”, said Dr Cathy Hewison, Leader of TB working group of MSF. “The tools to diagnose and treat children with TB exist, even if imperfect, yet only half of the children who have TB are diagnosed or treated. For a truly global TB response, children cannot remain an afterthought and must be prioritised now.”

Read the full statement here.

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières