China reports 900,000 new TB cases every year
The National Health and Family Planning Commission said that by the end of 2016, 65 out of every 100,000 people were infected with tuberculosis, a figure that experts consider high despite having dropped by 14 per cent in the last six years.
Mar 24, 2017, 13:18 PM ISTWorld Tuberculosis Day: President Pranab Mukherjee urges stakeholders to redouble efforts to eliminate TB
Happy to learn that World Tuberculosis Day is being observed on March 24, Mukherjee tweeted.
Mar 24, 2017, 12:08 PM ISTWorld Tuberculosis Day 2017: Risk factors and prevention of the disease
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious, airborne disease that mainly affects your lungs.
Mar 23, 2017, 23:51 PM ISTWorld Tuberculosis Day 2017: Rise of multidrug-resistant TB threatens India
India is also among the six countries that account for 60 per cent of the total TB cases globally.
Mar 23, 2017, 19:32 PM IST