Guidance

Tuberculosis (TB) factsheet

TB is an infectious disease that usually affects the lungs. It can be serious, but it is treatable with antibiotics. Factsheet is translated into 32 languages.

Documents

TB information sheet: Albanian

TB information sheet: Amharic

TB information sheet: Arabic

TB information sheet: Bengali

TB information sheet: Chinese (simplified)

TB information sheet: Cinese (traditional)

TB information sheet: Farsi (Persian)

TB information sheet: French

TB information sheet: Gujarati

TB information sheet: Hindi

TB information sheet: Indian Punjabi

TB information sheet: Italian

TB information sheet: Kurdish Sorani

TB information sheet: Lithuanian

TB information sheet: Nepali

TB information sheet: Pahari

TB information sheet: Pakistani Punjabi

TB information sheet: Pashtu

TB information sheet: Polish

TB information sheet: Portuguese

TB information sheet: Romanian

TB information sheet: Shona

TB information sheet: Slovak

TB information sheet: Somali

TB information sheet: Spanish

TB information sheet: Sylheti

TB information sheet: Tagalog (Filipino)

TB information sheet: Tamil

TB information sheet: Tigrinya

TB information sheet: Turkish

TB information sheet: Ukrainian

TB information sheet: Urdu

Details

This factsheet has been developed to provide easier-to-read plain language information for groups that face health inequalities, such as ethnic minority communities and the socially excluded. It has been translated into these languages:

  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Bengali
  • Chinese (simplified)
  • Chinese (traditional)
  • Farsi (Persian)
  • French
  • Gujarati
  • Hindi
  • Indian Punjabi
  • Italian
  • Kurdish Sorani
  • Lithuanian
  • Nepali
  • Pahari
  • Pakistani Punjabi
  • Pashtu
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Shona
  • Slovak
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Sylheti
  • Tagalog (Filipino)
  • Tamil
  • Tigrinya
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu

Updates to this page

Published 13 February 2026

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