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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | COVID-19: Over 5 Lakh People in India Missed or Delayed TB Diagnosis in 2020

COVID-19: Over 5 Lakh People in India Missed or Delayed TB Diagnosis in 2020

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published Published on Nov 14, 2022   modified Modified on Nov 15, 2022

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Globally, over 1.5 million people in 45 high-burden countries missed or delayed tuberculosis diagnosis in the first year of the pandemic, says study.

New Delhi: Over five lakh people in India are estimated to have had a missed or delayed tuberculosis diagnosis in 2020 due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study. 

The researchers found that over 1.5 million people in 45 high-burden countries had a missed or delayed tuberculosis diagnosis in the first year of the pandemic. 

The study, published in the journal BMC Medicine, shows that children may be disproportionately affected in over half of countries analysed, those aged 65 or over in more than two thirds of countries, with sex being a risk factor in almost half of countries. 

The team, including researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK, noted that vulnerable populations in high-burden countries worldwide must be prioritised in efforts to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) care. 

For India, they found that 50,454 children (less than 15 years old), 425,326 (over 4.2 lakh) adults aged 15-64 years, and 52,970 people above 65 years of age had a missed or delayed diagnosis. This included 309,477 (over 3 lakh) men and 170,514 (over 1.7 lakh) women above 15 years of age. 

"We found strong evidence that the risk of being missed or delayed was higher for both children and the elderly than adults; 45 per cent higher for children and 12 per cent higher for the elderly," study joint lead author Finn McQuaid, from LSHTM, told PTI. 

"Our results show that in many countries those who already faced the most difficulty in obtaining TB diagnosis and care have suffered worsening access as a result of the pandemic," McQuaid said. 

The researchers modelled trends in TB case reporting to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for 45 high-burden countries between 2013 and 2019. Predictions for 2020 using these models were then compared to actual observations in the same year. 

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PTI/ Newsclick.in, 14 November, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/COVID-19-5-lakh-people-india-missed-delayed-TB-diagnosis-2020


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