📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Michael Gäbler
Health
Tamil Nadu Achieves 38% Drop in TB Deaths with New Care Initiative
✍️ The Economic Times
🗓 08 Nov 2026, 09:02 PM
👁 21
Tamil Nadu's revamped tuberculosis care programme has cut deaths by at least 38% over the past year, the state health department said.
Tamil Nadu's revamped tuberculosis care programme has cut deaths by at least 38% over the past year, the state health department said on Thursday.
The initiative, launched in 2022, emphasizes early diagnosis, free treatment and community outreach to ensure patients complete their course.
Surveillance data shows TB‑related deaths fell from 12,000 in 2021 to 7,800 in 2022, a reduction of roughly 38%.
Officials credit the success to increased testing, better drug adherence support and the integration of digital monitoring tools.
The initiative, launched in 2022, emphasizes early diagnosis, free treatment and community outreach to ensure patients complete their course.
Surveillance data shows TB‑related deaths fell from 12,000 in 2021 to 7,800 in 2022, a reduction of roughly 38%.
Officials credit the success to increased testing, better drug adherence support and the integration of digital monitoring tools.