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Express View: WHO report shows India has made improvements, but could miss its 2035 target to eliminate the disease

According to the report, India recorded 2.8 million (28.2 lakh) TB cases in 2022, with a case fatality ratio of 12 per cent. Officials stated that “The best estimate of the number of deaths in India from TB was 3,42,000 (3,31,000 among HIV-negative people and 11,000 among those with HIV).”

Health officials are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider getting a tuberculosis test.

Health officials are advising anyone who has spent time inside California Grand Casino in Pacheco since 2018 to consider getting a tuberculosis test.

Tuberculosis (TB) has spread in many countries. Men are more likely to contract TB and die from it than women, media reports suggest.

TB Aftermath has been underway since January 2021 in association with the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP).

Adjunct therapies like nutritional support can also go a long way in reducing deaths due to TB, Dr Swaminathan added and said that recent research illustrates the positive impact of giving food baskets to patients with TB and their closest contacts.

Employees associated with the TB-free India campaign from district to block level will be trained and this trained workforce will subsequently educate village leaders within their respective areas

Lancet study underlines need to improve nutrition of TB patients. Government must take note

According to the findings of the Reducing Activation of Tuberculosis by Improvement of Nutritional Status (RATIONS) trial, improved nutrition can reduce the incidence of all forms of TB by up to 40 per cent.