♦ India once again has topped the global tuberculosis burden, accounting for a quarter of the cases worldwide, the World Health Organisation said in its latest report released on 12 November 2025. As per the report, India’s TB incidence rate now stands at 187 per one lakh population, an improvement from last year. But it is still way short of the Union government’s elimination target of achieving 77 cases per 100,000 people by 2025.

♦ According to the WHO’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, just eight countries contribute 67% of the global total with India (25%) leading the chart followed by Indonesia (10%), the Philippines (6.8%), China (6.5%) and Pakistan (6.3%). Others are Nigeria (4.8%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.9%) and Bangladesh (3.6%).

♦ Over 1,64,000 people received treatment for drug-resistant TB in 2024. The latest data show an improvement in the treatment success rate, to 71%, up from 68% the previous year.