KATHMANDU, March 24 -- Tuberculosis kills 18 people every day, according to the National Tuberculosis Center. In 2017/18, at least 196,000 people have been suspected with the disease. However, less than a quarter of the patients, around 32,000 accessed treatment, the Center said.

Of the total patients, 64% are men. Around 45,000 new cases are detected every year in Nepal and 15 out of every 100 people suffer from passive tuberculosis.

According to the World Health Organization, Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious killer. "Each day, nearly 4,500 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with the disease.It's time to End TB," the WHO said. Global efforts to combat TB have saved an estimated 54 million li...