{"id":180583,"date":"2026-03-23T14:53:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180583\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:42:19","slug":"health-ministry-tb-incidence-down-19-percent-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180583\/","title":{"rendered":"Health ministry: TB incidence down 19 percent in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 23, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Belarus has dropped by 19 percent over the past five years, Alena Kratkova, head of the National Center for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TB incidence rates stood at 13.2 cases per 100,000 people in 2025, with the mortality rate down by 18.2 percent, the official noted. Every year, about 400 cases of drug-resistant TB are detected in Belarus, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus was the first country in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to introduce rapid molecular genetic and diagnostic laboratory tests, as well as treatment for drug-resistant TB forms using modern medications and technologies, Kratkova said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health ministry has set a goal of eradicating TB as an epidemic by 2030, the official stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/tuberkulez_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">TB incidence very high in Belarus&#039; prisons \u2013 doctor<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 19, Pozirk. A very high incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is recorded in Belarusian prisons, Alaksandar Bab\u010donak, deputy head of the National Center for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, has told journalists. Belarus had the second largest prison population in Europe in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/73996\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 23, Pozirk. Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Belarus has dropped by 19 percent over the past five years, Alena Kratkova, head of the National Center for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis, has told journalists. TB incidence rates stood at 13.2 cases per 100,000 people in 2025, with the mortality rate down by 18.2 percent, the official noted. 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