Is tuberculosis worse than usual in Malir Karachi?

No. Tuberculosis in Malir Karachi is below its usual for these weeks.

121 cases a week, against a usual 164.

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Read from these four weekly reports by Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad:

  • Week 36, 2026
  • Week 37, 2026
  • Week 38, 2026
  • Week 39, 2026
The 8 reports behind "usual"
  • Week 36, 2024
  • Week 37, 2024
  • Week 38, 2024
  • Week 39, 2024
  • Week 36, 2025
  • Week 37, 2025
  • Week 38, 2025
  • Week 39, 2025

The publisher's own list of its weekly reports

How this is worked out. The last four weeks against the same four weeks of the two years before, for Malir Karachi alone. What "usual" means.

When does tuberculosis usually peak in Malir Karachi?

Usually around August: it peaked in September 2024 and July 2025.

2024 peak2025 peakNext ten weeks

How does Malir Karachi compare with the rest of Pakistan?

Malir Karachi is 22nd of the 28 districts with enough cases to compare, each against its own usual.

usual⅛×8×32×country 0.7×Badin: 1.1×Dadu: 1.2×Ghotki: 1.3×Hyderabad: 1.8×Jacobabad: 1.6×Jamshoro: 1.2×Kambar Shahdad Kot: 0.9×Central Karachi: 0.4×East Karachi: 1.3×Korangi Karachi: 1.2×Malir Karachi: 0.7×West Karachi: 1.2×Kashmore: 0.4×Khairpur: 0.7×Larkana: 0.8×Matiari: 1.1×Mirpur Khas: 0.9×Naushahro Feroze: 0.6×Sanghar: 1.0×Shaheed Benazir Abad: 0.7×Shikarpur: 0.9×Sujawal: 0.6×Sukkur: 0.9×Tando Allahyar: 0.8×Tando Muhammad Khan: 0.9×Tharparkar: 1.0×Thatta: 2.8×Umer Kot: 0.9×Malir Karachi

Across Pakistan as a whole, tuberculosis is at 0.7× its usual; in Malir Karachi it is 0.7×.

What is tuberculosis?

An infection caused by bacteria that most often harms the lungs. It can be prevented and cured.

Signs
A long-lasting cough, sometimes with blood, plus fever, night sweats, weight loss, chest pain and tiredness. Signs can stay mild for months.
How it spreads
Through the air when a person with TB in the lungs coughs, sneezes or spits.
How to protect yourself
Babies in many countries get the BCG vaccine, which guards against severe TB. Finding and treating people early stops it spreading.
Get medical help
See a health worker for a cough that will not go away, coughing blood, night sweats or weight loss. Daily medicine for 4 to 6 months cures it.

In Dooram's words, from the World Health Organization. Source: Tuberculosis (WHO fact sheet), read 8 October 2026. General information, not medical advice.

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A reported case means someone reached a clinic and a form was filed, so these count reports, not everyone who was ill.

Sources. Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division, National Institutes of Health, Islamabad, weekly report. District maps: World Food Programme Spatial Data Infrastructure, published as a Common Operational Dataset by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.