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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.
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 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.
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 ...
About 60% of these cases occurred in Brazil, China, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa alone. [29] In Moldova, the crumbling health system has led to the rise of MDR-TB. [77] In 2013, the Mexico–United States border was noted to be "a very hot region for drug resistant TB", though the number of cases remained small. [78] A study ...
The National Tuberculosis Institute (NTIB) [1] is a Government of India institute, under the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, dedicated to advanced research on Tuberculosis. The Institute is located along Bellary Road, in Bengaluru, Karnataka state, India.
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]
It is the breakthrough of health management systems that makes it possible to control TB not only in wealthy countries, but in all parts of the developing world, where 95 percent of all TB cases now exist." [10] By 1998, nearly 200 organizations conducted public outreach activities on World TB Day. [7]