CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India’s TB incidence for the year 2021 is 210 per 100,000 population – compared to the baseline year of 2015 (incidence was 256 per lakh of population in India); there has been an 18% decline which is 7 percentage points better than the global average of 11%.

Detailed explanation-2: -The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional and country levels. This is done in the context of global TB commitments, strategies and targets.

Detailed explanation-3: -There has been an 18% decline (7 percentage points); better than the global average of 11% placing India at the 36th position in terms of incidence rates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Results: Results show that TB notification rates have increased from 152/lakh population in 2017-18 to 197 in 2019-20, an increase of 30%.

Detailed explanation-5: -The NTEP then passes their figures to the World Health Organisation (WHO). 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.