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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Prevalence of TB reduces, says WHO -Manjiri Damle

Prevalence of TB reduces, says WHO -Manjiri Damle

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published Published on Jul 13, 2014   modified Modified on Jul 13, 2014
-The Times of India


PUNE: As per WHO estimations, prevalence of Tuberculosis per lakh population in India has reduced from 465 in the year 1990 to 230 in year 2012. Tuberculosis mortality per lakh population has reduced from 38 in the year 1990 to 22 in year 2012.

According to the WHO report released recently the estimated proportion of Multi-Drug Resistant TB cases is not increasing. It is less than 3 percent among new TB cases and between 12-17 percent among re-treatment TB cases. However, the detection of MDR-TB cases has been increasing due to availability of more diagnostic facilities for MDR TB and coverage of the entire country by management of Drug Resistant TB in the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), between 2007 and 2013.

With effective anti-TB Drug regimens administered under the globally acclaimed DOTS strategy, RNTCP has been consistently achieving more than 85 percent treatment success rates among New Smear Positive Patients since the year 2001.

The anti-TB drug regimens used for treatment of MDR-TB under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme are formulated by National experts in accordance with WHO Guidelines. The treatment outcomes among MDR-TB patients are comparable with Global outcomes.

The first-line drugs used for new TB cases under RNTCP are a combination of Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol and Pyrazinamide, administered as standardized treatment regimen. Injection Streptomycin is an additional drug given to re-treatment cases.


The Times of India, 12 July, 2014, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Science/Prevalence-of-TB-reduces-says-WHO/articleshow/38272648.cms


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