According to WHO report, India records a 17.7% decline in TB incidence from 2015 to 2023.
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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Global Tuberculosis (TB) Report 2024 released on 29th October 2024, India has registered a 17.7% decline in TB incidence from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 in 2023, which is more than twice the global average decline of 8.3%.
- The report has acknowledged the significant progress made by India in bridging the gap of missed TB cases since 2015.
- As per the report, the net reduction in the global number of deaths caused by TB between 2015 and 2023 was 23%, which is almost 1/3rd of the WHO End TB strategy milestone of a 75% reduction by 2025.
- The report showed that globally, the number of deaths caused by TB has declined in 2023, from 1.32 million (in 2022) to 1.25 million (in 2023).
Main Points:- (i) As per the report, India is estimated to have had 27 lakh TB cases in 2023, of which 25.1 lakh were diagnosed and put on treatment. With this, India's treatment coverage has increased from 72% (in 2015) to 89% (in 2023).
(ii) According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the leap in coverage has been due to the momentum India has created around TB case finding and reflects the efforts of decentralization of healthcare services through more than 1.7 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in the country.
(iii) The WHO has downsized its projection of TB mortality in India in 2023, as its latest report shows the deaths related to TB in India have declined by 21.4%, from 28 per lakh population to 22 per lakh population.
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