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Posted On: 17 DEC 2021 2:20 PM by PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing a National Strategic Plan for Ending TB by 2025. As per the Global TB Report, 2021, the country has reduced the incidence of TB from 217/lakh population in 2015 to 188/lakh population in 2020 (a 13% decline). The death rate has declined from 36/lakh population in 2015 to 33/lakh population in 2019.
During the COVID pandemic, proactive initiatives were taken to provide uninterrupted diagnostic and treatment services. Special outreach activities were also undertaken to identify presumptive TB cases.
During the year 2020 (Jan – Dec), a total of 18.12 lakh TB cases were notified under the programme which was 25% less than the total cases notified in 2019 (which was 24.00 lakhs). In 2021, in spite of a larger wave of COVID-19, the programme has been able to notify 17.6 lakh TB cases (till Oct 2021), which is 18% higher compared to 2020.
To mitigate the impact of COVID and to ensure that all TB patients including pregnant women have uninterrupted access to drugs and diagnostics, the Ministry has taken several steps including:
Active TB case finding campaign in key vulnerable and co-morbid population
- Integration with Ayushman Bharat- Health & Wellness Centres to decentralize screening and treatment services closer to the community
- Provision of free TB drugs of extended duration and door-step delivery during COVID times
- Implementation of bi-directional TB-COVID screening and TB screening/testing for all presumptive cases with influenza-like illness (ILI) and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI)
- Scale-up of molecular diagnostic laboratories to sub-district levels
- Sample collection and transportation system from Sub Centre to PHC, PHC to CHC and from CHC to District / State level laboratories
- Intensified IEC campaigns to raise community awareness
| State / UT-wise TB notification | ||||
| Sr. No. | State/UTs | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 (Jan-Oct) |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 587 | 480 | 417 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 98869 | 64119 | 70130 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2938 | 2523 | 2347 |
| 4 | Assam | 48669 | 35486 | 30776 |
| 5 | Bihar | 122671 | 99661 | 108869 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 7026 | 4319 | 3948 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 43718 | 29387 | 26294 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 1497 | 964 | 821 |
| 9 | Delhi | 107982 | 87019 | 87669 |
| 10 | Goa | 2410 | 1666 | 1634 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 159158 | 120623 | 119800 |
| 12 | Haryana | 73997 | 62967 | 58203 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 17446 | 13450 | 12396 |
| 14 | Jammu & Kashmir | 11860 | 8850 | 9165 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 56632 | 45767 | 44061 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 91703 | 65955 | 59035 |
| 17 | Kerala | 25617 | 20925 | 18021 |
| 18 | Ladakh | #N/A | 238 | 229 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 15 | 20 | 12 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 187407 | 138059 | 136988 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 227348 | 160629 | 156672 |
| 22 | Manipur | 2553 | 1581 | 1495 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 5528 | 4147 | 3436 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 2944 | 2223 | 1504 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 4794 | 3575 | 3159 |
| 26 | Odisha | 53612 | 45726 | 42708 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 4606 | 2772 | 2927 |
| 28 | Punjab | 58204 | 46379 | 43539 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 175218 | 137958 | 125999 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 1432 | 1335 | 1165 |
| Sr. No. | State/UTs | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 (Jan-Oct) |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 110845 | 70550 | 67551 |
| 32 | Telangana | 71655 | 63351 | 49596 |
| 33 | Tripura | 2761 | 2072 | 2082 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 486385 | 368348 | 380520 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 26060 | 20091 | 19073 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 110668 | 79428 | 75385 |
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
