• In 2009, 53% of the expected cases in Mozambique were diagnosed and 82% of these cases were cured.
• The prevalence of TB has decreased from 636 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2006 to 624 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008.
• The TB mortality rate has decreased from 129 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2006 to 117 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008.
•  In 2006 counselling and testing of all TB patients was introduced and 84% of the TB patients are currently counselled and tested for HIV.

Constraints on the achievement of the targets for 2015

• The low case detection rate, due to poor access to the health services and the poor laboratory network.
• The high rate of HIV sero-prevalence and the low coverage of anti-retroviral treatment of TB/HIV co-infected patients contribute a lot to the high death rate.

Recommendations for the achievement of the targets for 2015

• Continuous expansion of the Direct Observation Treatment Strategy (DOTS) to the community.
• The improvement of the diagnostic capacity through the increase and strengthening of the laboratory network.
• The improvement of the implementation of interventions to deal with TB/HIV co-infection at all levels.

Positive factors of progress in the indicators

• In June 2007, the national TB control programme concluded the new National Strategic Tuberculosis Control Plan, designed for the period 2008-2012. It takes into account the size of the TB problem, its linkage with the HIV/AIDS and the need to increase and strengthen the laboratory network.
• Progress was achieved in the last few years, with the expansion of the DOTS strategy, the current coverage of which at health unit level is 100%.

Source: Report on the Millennium Development Goals - Mozambique 2010