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Science 15 March 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5562, pp. 2040 - 2041
DOI: 10.1126/science.1069771
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Resources Required for Global Tuberculosis Control

Katherine Floyd,* Leopold Blanc, Mario Raviglione, Jong-Wook Lee

We estimate that to achieve the World Health Organization's tuberculosis control targets, the 22 high-burden countries (HBCs) that collectively account for approximately 80% of the world's tuberculosis cases require about $1 billion per year during the period 2001 to 2005. A further $0.2 billion per year is needed for low and lower-middle income countries outside the 22 HBCs. There is a resource gap of up to around $300 million per year. Substantial progress in tuberculosis control could be achieved with increased investment that is large in the context of existing spending, but small in the wider context of global health expenditure.

Stop TB Department, Communicable Diseases Cluster, World Health Organization, CH-1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: floydk{at}who.ch

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