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
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.