National TB Elimination Program

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...

Govt approves revolutionary six-month treatment for drug-resistant TB

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has approved the introduction of a novel treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) under its National TB Elimination Program (NTEP). The new BPaLM regimen, a four-drug combination of Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid, and Moxifloxacin, promises to revolutionize MDR-TB treatment in India. This shorter, six-month treatment option is set to replace the traditional 20-month procedure, offering higher success rates with fewer s...