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Meghalaya
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Nagaland
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Maharashtra
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Goa
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken note of the WHO Global TB Report 2022, released on October 27, 2022 and has clarified that India has, in fact, performed far better on major metrics as compared to other countries over time.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), previously known as Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), aims to strategically reduce TB burden in India by 2025, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Detailed explanation-3: -The WHO TB statistics for India for 2021 give an estimated incidence figure of 2, 590, 000 million cases. This is a rate of 188 per 100, 000 population. The TB incidence is the number of new cases of active TB disease during a certain time period (usually a year).