India’s goal to achieve rapid decline in the burden of tuberculosis (TB) morbidity and mortality, while working towards the elimination of TB in the country by 2025.
TB kills an estimated 480,000 Indians every year or over 1,400 patients every day.
With an estimated 2.64 million cases in 2021, India accounts for about 25% of the world’s TB burden.
The mortality rate, excluding HIV co-infected individuals, was approximately 450,000 in the same year
It is highlighting the severe impact of TB on the country’s public health land scape.