Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health threat, causing millions of deaths every year. It is caused by bacteria that most often affect the lungs, disproportionately affecting populations struggling with poverty and undernutrition. Though preventable and curable, a total of 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) in 2023.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently released new recommendations on TB and undernutrition as part of its new consolidated guidelines on TB . The latest guidelines, released as part of WHO's End TB Strategy, represent a significant step forward in addressing determinants as part of people-centred care.

As per the WHO, one of the main causes of the TB epidemic worldwide is still undernutrition, which raises vulnerability to the disease, reduces t

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