India's Tuberculosis Burden

A breakdown of patients in India vs world

By: Bhanu
India (2.8m)GlobalOther

India is a leading contributor to the global Tuberculosis burden. India shares 27% of the global burden.

Estimates of TB Burden (2015)
Global
India
% of Global
Incidence TB cases
10.4m
2.8m
27%
Mortality of TB
1.4m
0.48m
34%
Incidence HIV TB
1.17m
0.11m
9%
Mortality of HIV-TB
0.39m
37,000
9%
MDR-TB
0.48m
0.13m
27%
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Global and India figures are in millions except for Mortality of HIV-TB

Only 1 in 197 patients have access to Bedaquiline

Out of 1,30,000MDR-TB (multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis) patients, only 660 patients are on Bedaquiline.

MDR-TB patients in India (130000)Patients on Bedaquiline (660)

Bedaquiline is a drug used to treat TB patients that are multidrug resistant. The government relies on a USAID donation (United States Agency for International Development) via an American pharmaceutical company Janssen. This is however limited to patients living in a 5 kilometer radius of 6 designated hospitals.

Sources

  1. @VidyaKrishnan
  2. Tall claims on killing tuberculosis, TheHindu