Health and Family Welfare Ministry releases Annual TB Report 2020

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has released the annual TB Report 2020, in the presence of Shri Ashiwni Kumar Choubey, MOS (HFW), through a virtual event. They also released a Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM) report, a manual on Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to TB patients under NIKSHAY system, a Training Module, and the quarterly newsletter NIKSHAY Patrika.

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The key achievements listed in the Report include:

Around 24.04 Lakh TB patients have been notified in 2019. This amounts to a 14% increase in TB notification as compared to the year 2018.

Achieving near-complete on-line notification of TB patients through the NIKSHAY system.

Reduction in the number of missing cases to 2.9 lakh cases as against more than 10 lakhs in 2017.

Private sector notifications increased by 35% with 6.78 lakh TB patients notified.

Due to easy availability of molecular diagnostics, the proportion of children diagnosed with TB increased to 8% in 2019 compared to 6% in 2018.

Provision of HIV testing for all notified TB patients increased from 67% in 2018 to 81% in 2019.

Expansion of treatment services has resulted in a 12% improvement in the treatment success rate of notified patients.  For 2019 it is 81% compared to 69% in 2018.

More than 4.5 lakh DOT Centers provide treatment covering almost every village across the country.