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08/11/23 06:19 AM IST

7.5 million new cases of TB in 2022: WHO report

In News
  • The WHO released the Global TB Report 2022 recently.
  • The Report notes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, treatment and burden of disease for TB all over the world.
Major Highlights
  • The reported global number of people newly diagnosed with TB was 7.5 million in 2022.
  • This is the highest number since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995, above the pre-COVID baseline (and previous historical peak) of 7.1 million in 2019, and up from 5.8 million in 2020 and 6.4 million in 2021.
  • India, Indonesia and the Philippines, which collectively accounted for nearly 60% of the reduction in the number of people newly diagnosed with TB in 2020 and 2021, recovered to above 2019 levels in 2022.
  • TB caused an estimated 1.30 million deaths in 2022, again almost back to the level of 2019.
  • COVID-related disruptions are estimated to have resulted in almost half a million excess deaths from TB in the three years 2020–2022.
  • The report further says treatment success rates have improved: to 88% for people treated for drug-susceptible TB and 63% for people with MDR/RR-TB.
  • The WHO Report also notes the crucial role of nutrition and under-nutrition as a contributory factor to the development of active TB disease.
  • In this respect, the TB Programme’s nutrition support scheme – Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana – has proved critical for the vulnerable. During 2020 and 2021, India made cash transfers of 89 million dollars (INR 670 crores) to TB patients through a Direct Benefit Transfer programme.
  • In September 2022, the Honourable President of India has launched a first-of-its-kind initiative, Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan to provide additional nutritional support to those on TB treatment, through contributions from community including individuals and organizations.
  • Till date, 40,492 donors have come forward to support over 10,45,269 patients across the Country.
Source- The Hindu

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