India, March 24 -- Did you know that India has the highest burden of tuberculosis, or TB in the world? That we have over 28 lakh people affected by it every year? Not to mention the impact of TB on their families? Did you know that every year we mark March 24 as World TB Day - because more than 13 lakh people around the world die of it every year - the problem is much more common than we realise. I didn't either - until I became a member of an organisation of experts and policymakers that works in support of India's national TB programme. Undeniably, our country has progressed by leaps and bounds - the World Health Organization recognised the reduction in the number of new TB cases and TB deaths in India from 2015 to 2022. However, severa...