The Gambia

Participating institutions

  • Medical Research Council – The Gambia

Lead investigator

  • Beate Kampmann, MD, PhD

Cohort enrollment capacity

  • Children with presumptive TB
Estimates of TB burden, 2019
Number Rate per 100,000 population
Total TB incidence 3,700 (2,800 – 4,800) 158 (117 – 204)
HIV-positive TB incidence 670 (490 – 870) 28 (21 – 37)
MDR/RR-TB incidence 110 (50 – 190) 4.6 (2.1 – 8.1)
HIV-negative TB mortality 450 (290 – 630) 19 (12 – 27)
HIV-positive TB mortality 180 (130 – 250) 7.9 (5.6 – 10)

Full WHO TB country profile