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Uttar Pradesh responsible for 20% of total notified TB cases in country, says India Tuberculosis Report 2019
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Uttar Pradesh responsible for 20% of total notified TB cases in country, says India Tuberculosis Report 2019

Union Minister also flagged off National TB Prevalence Survey Vans, which will move around several districts of India to help identify people suffering from TB

TB-free India a distant reality for rural UP population struggling with recurrent TB and expensive private healthcare
India

TB-free India a distant reality for rural UP population struggling with recurrent TB and expensive private healthcare

Under the Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP), a patient is given an identification card that tracks their site of infection, severity and treatment course, ‘notifying’, or adding them onto a national database. In 2018, over 4.2 lakh patients were notified in Uttar Pradesh, the highest in the country. Between 1 January and 15 March of this year alone, over 68,000 people have been notified in the state.