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WHO Global TB report for 2021: India worst-hit country in TB elimination

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the ‘Global TB report for 2021, where it highlighted the effects of COVID-19 which led to a huge reversal in the progress of Tuberculosis (TB) elimination. The report also mentioned India as the worst-hit country in TB elimination, where the detection of new TB cases saw a huge impact in 2020.

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A dramatic reduction of 20% TB cases were witnessed in 2020 as compared to 2019, ie; a gap of 4.1 million cases. The progress in TB detection has gone back to the levels of 2012, with India accounting for 41% of the total case drops in 2020.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

WHO Established: 7 April 1948;
WHO Director General: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus;
WHO Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.

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