Dimapur, Jan. 27 -- Nagaland health and family welfare department's commission and secretary Anoop Khinchi on Monday said the state currently has about 3,843 TB patients.

Speaking at the meeting of the administrative heads of departments and heads of departments on the 100-day TB campaign on elimination of TB under the theme ' TB Mukt Bharat' at the secretariat conference hall in Kohima, Khinchi said TB remained India's biggest public health challenge and causes the largest number of deaths among all infectious diseases.

He said the country's estimated new TB cases annually is 28 lakhs.

He said the stratified 100-day campaign was launched on December 7, 2024, to reduce TB deaths and prevent new cases.

He also said the campaign entails...