WHO: 370,000 people developed drug-resistant TB in 2025
The World Health Organization said drug-resistant tuberculosis remained a public health crisis in 2025, with 370,000 people developing the condition during the year.
“Tuberculosis (TB) that doesn’t respond to standard drugs is called drug-resistant TB and emerges when TB medicines are used inappropriately.”— World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) remained a public health crisis in 2025. The statement was made in a post on X on 12 November 2026.
According to WHO, 370,000 people developed drug-resistant TB "just last year". The post did not say how the figure was estimated or provide a breakdown by country or region.
The agency described drug-resistant TB as TB that does not respond to standard drugs. It said the condition emerges when TB medicines are used inappropriately.
The post was brief and linked to further material, but its text gave no additional data, trends or comparisons with earlier years. It also did not name a journal or a specific report as the source of the figure.
Original source
“Tuberculosis (TB) that doesn’t respond to standard drugs is called drug-resistant TB and emerges when TB medicines are used inappropriately.”
— World Health Organization (WHO) View the post on X
