As of 2018, India is home to the world’s largest number of patients suffering from tuberculosis. Since 2016, India’s TB incidence has dropped by a mere 1.7 percent annually. One of the reasons for India’s poor performance in curbing TB is the shifting of healthcare to private hands. Delays in treatment are another major factor for death due to TB in India. And this comes from a mixture of the aforementioned social stigma and lack of access to sound and affordable medical care.
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https://thediplomat.com/2019/04/tuberculosis-indias-silent-epidemic/