Archive · 3 Dec 2025
India's TB Cases Drop 21% Since 2015
India has made big progress in fighting tuberculosis (TB).
The number of new TB cases has gone down by 21% from 2015 to 2024.
This is almost double the global rate of decline.
The death rate from TB has also decreased from 28 per lakh people in 2015 to 21 per lakh people in 2024.
The Union Health Minister, Jagat Prakash Nadda, talked about this progress and new technologies like AI-enabled machines that help in diagnosing and treating TB.
He also asked MPs to help in raising awareness and reducing the stigma around TB.
The government has been working on making TB care more accessible and effective through various campaigns and interventions.
India's TB incidence reduced by 21% from 2015 to 2024, almost double the global decline rate of 12%.
TB mortality rate in India decreased from 28 per lakh in 2015 to 21 per lakh in 2024.
Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda highlighted the progress at an event with MPs, focusing on Uttar Pradesh.
New technologies like AI-enabled hand-held chest x-ray machines and Truenat machines have been introduced for TB diagnosis and treatment.
The government has decentralized TB care through Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and community engagement efforts.
- Who
- Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda and other ministers
- What
- India's TB incidence and mortality rate have decreased
- When
- From 2015 to 2024
- Where
- India
- Why
- Due to various interventions and campaigns by the Union Health Ministry
- TB Incidence in 2015
- 237 per lakh population
- TB Incidence in 2024
- 187 per lakh population
- TB Mortality Rate in 2015
- 28 per lakh population
- TB Mortality Rate in 2024
- 21 per lakh population
- Global TB Incidence Decline
- 12%
- India's TB Incidence Decline
- 21%