India TB report: Decoding the key takeaways and why diabetes is a major risk factor

While India has set the goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global target, the recently released government report has been a dampener — the number of cases and deaths recorded in 2023 was nowhere close to the targets that the country had set for itself. But all is not bleak. The Ni-kshay portal, which has been tracking cases, offering quick and accurate tests, has resulted in fewer “missing cases.”