Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid
It was all about Covid-19 for the past two years. #TBMuktBharat pic.twitter.com/z1vYXpncH4— Central TB Division | #TBMuktBharat July 8, 2022 Now, with less than three years to that deadline – 2025, which is five years ahead of the target set by Sustainable Development Goals 2030 – there are important lines of inquiries that need to be pursued to track how well-positioned India’s national TB programme is to achieve that goal. For instance, the prevalence survey notes that India’s Prevalence to Notification ratio at a national level is 2.85 – which means India is missing 1.85 patients to every 1 case notified. In fact, one of the most disturbing data by National TB Prevalence Survey shows that 64% of symptomatic TB patients didn’t even seek care. Despite the government’s intention to eliminate TB from India, it seems ‘Dilli abhi door hai…’ Read all the Latest News, Breaking News, watch Top Videos and Live TV here.
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