India Has Developed Own Mechanism To Determine Tuberculosis Burden: Minister

NDTV
May 25, 2023

India Has Developed Own Mechanism To Determine Tuberculosis Burden: Minister


New Delhi : Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday said that India is the only country in the world to have developed its own mechanism for estimating its TB burden. He said that by employing a mathematical model based on local evidence, India can now determine the true burden of the disease well ahead of the annual World Health Organization report.