India records 38% drop in TB mortality since 2015: WHO report

NEW DELHI India has seen a 38% reduction in tuberculosis (TB) mortality since 2015, compared to a global average of 35%, and a 94% treatment success rate among patients with drug-susceptible TB, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2026. Also read | A disease rooted in social and economic vulnerability can only be eliminated as underlying systems become stronger: Dhun Davar https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/a-disease-rooted-in-social-and-economic-vulnerability-can-only-be-eliminated-as-underlying-systems-become-stronger-dhun-davar/article71677607.ece Last year, the South-East Asia Region recorded the largest number of new TB cases (35%), followed by the Western Pacific Region (27%) and the African Region (25%).

Around 88% of new TB cases occurred in 30 countries. India, Indonesia (10%), the Philippines (6.8%), China (6.5%), Pakistan (6.4%), Nigeria (4.9%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.9%) and Bangladesh (3.7%) accounted for about two-thirds of the global total.