Sustaining the trend of tuberculosis (TB) notifications made in 2022, Karnataka has registered 81,331 TB notifications in 2023, achieving 81% of its annual target.
While this signifies the State’s improved case detection measures, what is a matter of concern is that public notifications have gone down from 60,236 in 2022 to 58,125 in 2023, a drop by nearly 4%. However, private notifications have gone up by 14% in 2023 compared to 2022.
According to data from Nikshay portal, under the National TB Elimination Programme, India registered the highest notifications in 2023 (25,30,055), achieving 92% of the annual target. Among the larger States, Uttar Pradesh exceeded its target of 5.5 lakh recording 6.27 lakh TB notifications in 2023. Uttar Pradesh is followed by Rajasthan and Maharashtra that achieved 91% of their target and New Delhi with 90% achievement last year, data revealed.
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