India, July 22 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The Government of India has attained considerable achievements in eliminating and controlling of major infectious diseases, with the following key milestones:
The incidence rate of Tuberculosis (TB) in India has shown a 17.7% decline from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 195 per lakh population in 2023, which is more than double the global reduction, while deaths due to TB have reduced by 21.4% from 28 per lakh population in 2015 to 22 per lakh population in 2023 as per the World Health Organization's Global TB Report, 2024.
The country has achieved a reduction of 78.1% in Malaria morbidity and 77.6% in Malaria mortality between 2015 and 2024 with Annual Parasi...