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.

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Khabar Lahariya

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