According to the annual India TB report, India has witnessed a 16% decline in tuberculosis (TB) incidence from 2015 to 2022.

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According to the annual India TB report, India has witnessed a 16% decline in tuberculosis (TB) incidence from 2015 to 2022. The National TB Elimination Programme, India TB Report 2024, also highlighted that 25.55 lakh cases of TB were notified last year, the highest since the launch of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) in the 1960s. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of TB case notifications compared to the previous year, followed by Bihar. Out of the total notified cases, over 8.4 lakh cases were from the private sector, marking a 1.17% increase from 2022 and a significant rise since 2017. India achieved a case notification rate of approximately 179 cases per lakh population in 2023, narrowing the coverage gap to 0.2 million. Out of the total TB cases notified in 2023, 60.7% were men, 39.2% women, and 0.04% transgender.


      Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It primarily affects the lungs but can also impact other parts of the body.

     

     

 

     


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