Overview
- India diagnosed 26.18 lakh of an estimated 27 lakh TB cases in 2024, raising treatment coverage to about 92% and cutting the number of ‘missing cases’ to under one lakh.
- Treatment success reached 90% under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, while the TB mortality rate declined to 21 per lakh from 28 per lakh in 2015.
- India accounted for about a quarter of global TB deaths in 2024 and an estimated 32% of multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant TB cases.
- Globally, an estimated 10.7 million people fell ill with TB and 1.23 million died in 2024, reflecting modest declines from 2023 as services continue to recover.
- WHO flagged deep funding shortfalls—USD 5.9 billion for programmes in 2024 and USD 1.2 billion for research in 2023—with donor cuts from 2025 threatening gains, and India remains off its 2025 elimination target.