Over 13.46 lakh Nikshay Shivirs, or community screening and awareness camps were organised in the districts bringing essential TB services directly to the doorsteps of crores of people.
The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 per cent between 2020 and 2021, with 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) in 2021. This is the first time in many years an increase has been reported in the number of people falling ill with TB and drug resistant TB.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Global Coalition Against Tuberculosis (GCAT) and Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) jointly organized the session The policymaker's roundtable: Addressing gender and stigma barriers to TB Care on 21st October 2021 at th