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Less than 6 in 10 TB Cases Reported in India : WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on 13 October 2016 released the Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 highlighting that countries need to move much faster to prevent, detect and treat Tuberculosis (TB) in order to meet global targets.
●    While efforts to respond to TB saved more than 3 million lives in 2015, however TB burden is actually higher than previously estimated, reflecting survey data from India.
●    In 2015, there were an estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide. 
●    Six countries accounted for 60 percent of the total burden, with India bearing the brunt, followed by Indonesia, China, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.
●    An estimated 1.8 million people died from TB in 2015, of whom 0.4 million were co-infected with HIV.
●    Although global TB deaths fell by 22 percent between 2000 and 2015, the disease was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015.

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