The World Health Organization released a Global TB report on 14 October which mentioned India as the worst-hit country in TB elimination.
Highlights:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued the Global TB report for 2021, highlighting the effects of COVID-19 on 14 October.
This led to a massive reversal in the progress of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination.
The report also mentioned India as the worst-hit country in TB elimination.
The detection of new TB cases will have a significant impact in 2020.
A dramatic reduction of 20% TB cases was witnessed in 2020 compared to 2019, i.e., a gap of 4.1 million cases.
The Growth in TB detection has declined to 2012, with India estimating that 41% of the total case drops in 2020.