In a significant acknowledgment of the country's efforts towards eradication of tuberculosis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the nation's achievements in reducing TB incidence.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded India's progress in the fight against Tuberculosis saying the decline in TB incidence is an outcome of the country's dedicated and innovative efforts.
The Uttar Pradesh government has achieved another milestone in the fight against TB, demonstrating significant success in identifying and treating TB patients across the state.
Indonesia is developing a new Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to strengthen the fight against TB, which has claimed an average of 150,000 lives annually.
Patanjali’s research on Solanum virginianum extract (SVE) or ‘Chhoti Kateli’ aims to develop herbal therapies that can either stand alone or complement existing anti-TB drugs.
Under the initiative, door-to-door screening for TB was undertaken covering 68,019 villages. Based on verbal screening of 1,03,07,200 persons, 3,82,811 people were identified for presumptive TB.
India aims to eliminate TB before 2025 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the commitment to end the disease five years ahead of the SDG targets.
The report also highlights significant declines in HIV testing and prevention services for key and vulnerable populations who were already disproportionately affected.
According to the note, even the Union Health Ministry had in 2020 recommended TB screening for all Covid patients.
India topped the list of countries across the world with the highest number of people infected with TB, an estimated 27 lakh patients with and 4.1 lakh died of the disease in 2017.
