March 18, 2025 4:30 PM

India Innovation Summit: TB cases hit record 26.07 lakh in 2024, incidence down 17.7% since 2015

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, inaugurated the India Innovation Summit – "Pioneering Solutions to End TB" at the Bharat Mandapam Convention Centre in Delhi. The event comes as India’s National TB Elimination Program (NTEP) reaches a major milestone, with 26.07 lakh TB cases notified in 2024, the highest ever recorded. Since 2015, the incidence rate of TB has dropped by 17.7%, from 237 cases per lakh population to 195 in 2023, while TB-related deaths h...