The Centre on Tuesday stated that about 21.69 lakh tuberculosis (TB) cases have been notified between January and October 2024.
TB
notification has been a concern in India, but the country has seen improvements
in recent years.
“Notified
TB cases increased from 18.05 lakh in 2020 to 25.52 lakh in 2023,” said Union
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, in a written
reply in the Rajya Sabha.
“About
21.69 lakh TB cases have been notified between January and October in 2024,”
she added.
Patel
said that the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP), under the aegis of the
National Health Mission (NHM), has made significant efforts to make India
TB-free.
India
aims to eliminate TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global target of 2030.
The
incidence rate of the deadly infectious disease and the related deaths have
seen a major decline.
“The
incidence rate of TB in India has shown a 17.7 per cent decline from 237 per
100,000 population in 2015 to 195 per 100,000 population in 2023. TB deaths
have reduced by 21.4 per cent from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per
lakh population in 2023,” Patel said.
Further,
Patel noted that the key efforts and interventions made under the NTEP include
targeted interventions in high TB burden areas through state and district
specific strategic plans; provision of free drugs and diagnostics to TB
patients; active TB case-finding through campaigns in key vulnerable and
co-morbid populations.
The
programme has also integrated Ayushman Arogya Mandir with TB screening and
treatment services; boosted private sector engagement with incentives for
notification and management of TB cases; scaled up molecular diagnostic
laboratories to sub-district levels; and expanded coverage under Nikshay Poshan
Yojana for nutritional support to TB patients, the MoS said.
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