India records 38% drop in TB mortality since 2015: WHO report
A WHO report indicates that India has achieved a 38% reduction in tuberculosis mortality since 2015, surpassing the global average of 35%. Despite this progress, India remains one of the countries with the highest burden of new TB cases, with experts highlighting the need to address underlying social and economic vulnerabilities.
Why it matters
Tuberculosis remains a major global health challenge, and understanding the success of national programs in high-burden countries like India is critical for global eradication efforts.
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.
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