Lancet Report: India not on Track to Eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) by 2025

  • On March 23rd, 2019, just a day before World TB Day(24th March), a country-wise report card released by The Lancet states that India is not on track to achieve the elimination goals and that its methods to tackle drug-sensitive and multi-drug resistant TB need improvement.

Key Findings of Report

  • India has 27% of the world’s TB population. This is the highest concentration of TB-affected people in any single country.
  • The only parameter on which India has been given a top score on is “political will,” which it says is “high”. Seven other parameters “needs improvement,” three parameters are “approaching target” and ....
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