Although the tuberculosis (TB) burden in India continues to decline — with an estimated 27.1 lakh cases and just over 3 lakh deaths in 2024 — the country is nowhere close to achieving elimination, shows the Global TB Report 2025 released on Wednesday.

Globally, 10.7 million people fell ill and 1.23 million died in 2024, meaning India accounted for nearly a fourth of all the cases and deaths across the world.

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The Global TB Report shows that India has reduced its TB incidence by 21% and deaths by 28% between 2015 and 2024, meaning the country is unlikely to achieve elimination in 2025. In fact, it is nowhere close to achieving even the WHO End TB milestone for 2025 — a reduction of 50% in TB incidence and 75% in TB deaths as compared to 2015. The report says t

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