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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Multidrug-resistant TB will rise in India, says new study

Multidrug-resistant TB will rise in India, says new study

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published Published on May 11, 2017   modified Modified on May 11, 2017
-The Hindu

By 2040, 12.4% of patients in the country will have that variant, reports Lancet

A month after the Health Ministry set itself the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, a new study in the medical journal Lancet says that India’s TB crisis is likely to get worse.

According to the latest issue of the journal, Multidrug Resistant-Tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a version of the disease where patients do not respond to first-line drugs, will become more common than it is now. The report projects that, by 2040, the percentage of MDR-TB will make up 32.5% of all TB cases in Russia, 12.4% of the TB cases in India, 8.9% of the TB cases in the Philippines, and 5.7% of all TB cases in South Africa.

Hotspot of MDR-TB

The findings are alarming as India is home to the most serious ‘hotspots’ of MDR-TB transmission, especially overcrowded cities such as Mumbai. Not only does India shoulder the highest TB burden in the world, with over 2 million of the 10 million reported cases, it also accounts for the most drug-resistant patients — nearly 1.3 lakh people who do not respond to first-line drugs.

It is estimated that each year there are 10.4 million new cases of TB, leading to 1.8 million deaths globally. Nearly 40% of all drug-resistant cases occur in Russia, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – accounting for more than 230,000 cases of drug-resistant disease in 2015.

“Resistant TB endangers the health and security of every country. Unless something changes, the day will soon come when we’re facing the international spread of an incurable airborne disease,” said Paul Jensen, Director of Policy and Strategy, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

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The Hindu, 10 May, 2017, http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/multidrug-resistant-tb-will-rise-in-india-says-new-study/article18420846.ece?homepage=true


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