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India has recorded a significant decline in its overall tuberculosis burden, with total cases reducing by 21 per cent over the last decade, almost double the global average reduction of 12 per cent. The latest World Health Organization Global TB Report 2025 notes that India’s TB incidence has fallen from 237 per lakh population in 2015 to 187 per lakh in 2024, signalling meaningful progress for a country with the world’s largest TB burden.

However, experts caution that while the trend is positive, India’s ambitious target to eliminate TB by 2025 remains far out of reach.

Dr Lancelot Pinto, Consultant Pulmonologist and Epidemiologist, P. D. Hinduja Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mahim, places the numbers in a critical global and historical context.

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