Annual India TB Report 2020

Recently government released the Annual India TB report 2020 which notified the highest number of 24.04 lakh tuberculosis cases in 2019.

Highlights of the Report

  • As per the report, 79,144 deaths due to tuberculosis were reported in 2019, which is much lower than the WHO estimate of 4.4 lakh fatalities.The “missing cases” — the gap between estimated incidences and notified cases — has drastically reduced from over 10 lakh in 2017 to 2.9 lakh in 2019 through greater engagement with private healthcare sector along with other initiatives. Missing and undiagnosed cases can include women and children, the poor and ....
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