TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA.

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TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA
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TUBERCULOSIS IN INDIA
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India holds for the 1/4th of the global tuberculosis burden and accounts huge burden for
the infection as well the MDR TB. In 2016, there has been more than 29.7 lakh case of
tuberculosis in India out of which 5.2 lakh people died due to it. The major reason behind such
large occurrence of disease is lack of proper knowledge of tuberculosis and the health service.
Globally, India hold more than 28.7% of total cases of tuberculosis (1). The country contribute to
more than 24.9 % death worldwide. Therefore, there is the great need to develop relevant
intervention to prevent the disease in the growing population of India. The major aim of the
essay is to highlight the various intervention that is taken by the government of India to solve the
issue of tuberculosis outbreak. Government of India has developed national strategic plan 2012-
2017 to implement five year plan to combat tuberculosis (2). The major intervention taken to
prevent the incidence of disease are as follows:
1. Government has emphasised on the usage of clinical algorithm for screening of the
infection which depend on the presence and absence of the symptoms such as cough, loss
of weight, night sweat and fever. It is done to identify the people who have symptoms
and can be taken further for diagnostic work up. CBNNAT test will be provided to such
people for early diagnosis of the disease so that it can be treated and does not cause high
mortality rate (3).
2. Government of India are providing free tuberculosis drug to the affected population in
addition with free diagnosis and test of the disease.
3. Government has establish community development in the rural sector to give education
about the infection, maintaining health hygiene and ways to manage and eradicate the
prevalence of the disease. The collaborative framework is also linked with preventing the
use of tobacco and consumption of alcohol (4).