World Health Organization data on tuberculosis case counts, specifically tracking new and relapse cases. The dataset is published via the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform. Its specific temporal and geographic coverage, as well as the number of records, are not detailed in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Modeling tuberculosis incidence trends over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Assessing the burden of relapse cases in TB control programs (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Comparing TB case notification data across different regions (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform.
- Source organization is the World Health Organization (WHO).
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from national and international disease notification systems.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
- Geography
- null