1 090 000
new tuberculosis cases
in children in 2020
400 000
TB cases in children were
notified to WHO in 2020
226 000
children died because
of tuberculosis in 2020
![children with stetoscope](https://www.tb-speed.com/wp-content/themes/tbspeed/assets/img/cambodgienne.png)
The TB-Speed Project
TB-Speed is a Unitaid & L'Initiative (Expertise France) funded project aiming at reducing childhood mortality due to tuberculosis (TB) by developing, testing, and delivering an innovative, decentralized, cost-effective, and feasible childhood TB diagnostic strategy to increase case finding in children.
This international research project is implemented in 7 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia.
It includes several studies testing different diagnostic approaches in specific pediatric populations at risk of tuberculosis or settings.