World Health Organization data on tuberculosis, focusing on new and relapse cases. The dataset is published by the WHO via the Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform. The specific temporal coverage, geographic scope, and granularity of the data are not detailed in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Tracking national or regional TB incidence trends over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Modeling the burden of TB relapse cases to evaluate treatment program effectiveness (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Benchmarking country-level TB case data against global targets (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the WHO Global Health Observatory (GHO) platform, a recognized authority.
- Data is categorized by case type (new and relapse), which is a key epidemiological distinction.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- null