Peru

Participating institutions

  • Socios en Salud

Lead investigator

  • Leonid Lecca, MD, MSc

Cohort enrollment capacity

  • Children with presumptive TB
  • Drug-resistant TB
Estimates of TB burden, 2019
Number Rate per 100,000 population
Total TB incidence 39,000 (30,000 – 49,000) 119 (91 – 150)
HIV-positive TB incidence 2,400 (1,900 – 3,100) 7.5 (5.7 – 9.5)
MDR/RR-TB incidence 3,100 (2,400 – 4,000) 9.6 (7.3 – 12)
HIV-negative TB mortality 2,400 (1,900 – 3,000) 7.3 (5.7 – 9.1)
HIV-positive TB mortality 490 (350 – 640) 1.5 (1.1 – 2)

Full WHO TB country profile