The 100-day campaign will be carried out in 347 high-burden districts across the country. The aim is to find and treat ‘missing TB cases’, especially in high-risk groups, and significantly reduce TB deaths.India has set 2025 as its target year for TB elimination, five years ahead of the target set by the SDGs.According to the latest WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2023, India tops the list of 30 countries with high-burden tuberculosis cases. The report states that the disease disproportionately affects people in 30 high-burden countries, with India (26%), Indonesia (10%), China (6.8%), the Philippines (6.8%), and Pakistan (6.3%) together accounting for 56% of the global TB burden.According to the report, the total TB incidence in India in 2023 was 2,800,000, while the rate per 100,000 population is 195. The TB incidence in people living with HIV was estimated to be 42,000.
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