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Lancet on TB
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- As World Health Organisation report in 2017, out of the 10 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases reported globally, 2.74 million were from India which showing a marginal reduction from 2.79 million in 2016.
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- Government’s highly ambitious target: Despite TB incidence in the country being 204 cases per 1,00,000 in 2017, the government has set a highly ambitious target of “eliminating TB by 2025”, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target.
- The Lancet Global Health article:(1) According to it, as compared with 2015 data, 57% reduction in incidence and 72% reduction in mortality will been seen only by 2035.(2) It says, strengthening the care cascade could reduce cumulative TB incidence by 38% in the case of India.(3) India has to adopt measures to prevent TB on a population level to eliminate the disease in the coming decades.
- Access to services:(1) The India report card says diagnosis and treatment for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant TB need improvement.(2) Modelling suggests that lives of eight million (28%) people with TB can be saved over the next 30 years if tests are subsidised and patients are supported to complete the treatment.
- Lancet Commission recommendation to India: The Lancet Commission recommends that India should scale up access to TB services for all those seeking them, optimise engagement of private sector providers and guarantee universal access to drug susceptibility testing and second line TB drugs.
Source
The Hindu