3 According to the WHO report 2023, there is an increasing trend toward the cure indicator worldwide among people newly diagnosed with tuberculosis and enrolled on first-line treatment, with a success rate of 88% for those enrolled in 2021. 3 Data from a very recent epidemiological report of the Ministry of Health of Brazil showed a decrease in the cure rate of sensitive cases of tuberculosis (from 76.5% in 2013 to 73.8% in 2019). 4 In 2022, the cure rate was 62%, but one should consider a possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) on this result.
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The authors of the study showed a decreasing trend toward cure indicators for new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, cases of tuberculosis-HIV coinfection, and cases of retreatment, although results were heterogenous among the Brazilian Federative Units.