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Tuberculosis is one of India's major public health problems. According to World Health Organization estimates, India has the world's largest tuberculosis epidemic. [5] In 2020, India accounted for 26% of the incident TB cases across the globe. India has incidence rate of 192 cases per 100,000 of population.
The United Nations' Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases has set up the TDR Tuberculosis Specimen Bank to archive specimens of TDR-TB. [4] There have been a few examples of cases in several countries, including India, Iran, and Italy. Cases of TDR-TB have also been reported in the United States.
In the United States, Native Americans have a fivefold greater mortality from TB, [197] and racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 88% of all reported TB cases. [198] The overall tuberculosis case rate in the United States was 2.9 per 100,000 persons in 2023, representing a 16% increase in cases compared to 2022. [198]
The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Most U.S. TB cases are diagnosed in people born in other countries. Experts say ...
The Stop TB Initiative was established following the meeting of the First Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Tuberculosis Epidemic held in London in March 1998. [4] In March 2000 the Stop TB Partnership produced the Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, which called for action from ministerial delegations of 20 countries with the highest burden of TB.
The Covid-19 pandemic could lead to a rise in tuberculosis infections around the world as some patients will have gone undiagnosed Covid-19 could lead to rise in TB cases, expert warns Skip to ...
The State TB Cell and the District TB Office govern the activities of the program at the state and district level respectively. At the sub-district/ Block level activities are organized under the Tuberculosis Unit (TB Unit). The Central TB Division is headed by a Deputy Director General - TB (DDG-TB) and is the National Program Manager.
In 2014, the World Health Organization launched the End TB Strategy with the goal of reducing tuberculosis deaths by 95% and incidence by 90% before 2035. [2] As of 2020, the world was not on track to meet those goals. [10]