{"id":6078,"date":"2020-01-10T07:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2020-01-10T07:13:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:13:23","slug":"india-to-soon-find-the-missing-million-tb-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/india-to-soon-find-the-missing-million-tb-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"India to soon find its &#8216;missing million&#8217; TB patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TB.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TB-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailyrounds.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/TB-500x310.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/>Tuberculosis continues to be a major public burden for years in India. Though the cases have decreased, the overall eradication of the disease is still a dream.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2016, a study published in the medical journal\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lancet\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">said that over a million TB cases might be missing from India\u2019s official statistics. The study estimated that over a million tuberculosis cases could be missing from official statistics. While official estimates put the number of TB cases treated in the Indian private sector in 2014 at around 8 lakh, researchers\u2019 analysis of drugs sales suggested the figure could exceed 20 lakh. Now, India is on its path to close the gap between the number of tuberculosis cases estimated and those detected, and it could soon find all its \u201cmissing million\u201d TB patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">India reported 17.5 lakh TB patients in 2016, 18.5 lakh in 2017 and 21.56 lakh in 2018. WHO\u2019s Global TB report in 2019 pegged the estimated TB cases in India at 26.9 lakh, according to government data. Anant Bhan, adjunct professor and researcher in bioethics at Mangaluru\u2019s Yenepoya, a deemed university said \u201cFor a long time, the main challenge in India has been missed and misdiagnosed TB. The increasing TB notifications are very encouraging.\u201d \u201cIt also reflects a greater involvement and support by the private sector, where many TB patients access to care. However, we need to ensure quality, accessible care, supporting patients to stay on evidence-based treatment, reduce stigma and discrimination, and a strong focus on prevention, and social determinants as we move ahead,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The detection of TB cases in India reached its highest ever at 23.5 lakh patients in 2019, against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases, which is the highest. Yet, 3 lakh TB patients are still \u201cmissing\u201d. These numbers show the success of India\u2019s drive to eliminate tuberculosis, not an increase in incidence according to the officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The joint secretary of Health, Vikas Sheel, in a congratulatory message to all the stakeholders wrote that \u201cWith the efforts of the state teams, TB community and all partners, we today crossed notification of 23 lakh TB cases, a first in the history of RNTCP. We are on the verge of closing the gap between the estimated and detected cases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP), now renamed as National Tuberculosis Elimination Program, is a national-level TB eradication scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sheel also said that now, we are entering the elimination phase and have gathered substantial momentum. However, still, there&#8217;s a long way to go and can\u2019t take the foot off the pedal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If the prevalence of TB cases are reported incorrectly, it hampers the government\u2019s planning as it fails to get an overall idea regarding this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">India accounts for the most number of TB cases in the world, accounting for 27 per cent of cases \u2013 more than any other country. The disease requires treatment for six months, due to which the government needs to ensure the availability of free doses in the country and follow-up with the patients to complete the course. If not treated well, the disease could relapse, and also spread. The TB treatment rate in India is just 74 per cent according to the WHO. Fifty per cent of Indian TB patients are tested with rapid diagnostics at the time of diagnosis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Source: The Print, Health Issues India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuberculosis continues to be a major public burden for years in India. Though the cases have decreased, the overall eradication of the disease is still a dream.\u00a0 In 2016, a study published in the medical journal\u00a0Lancet\u00a0said that over a million TB cases might be missing from India\u2019s official statistics. 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