According to Global TB Report 2017 by World Health Organization (WHO), India has the highest number of TB cases in the world. File photo: MintNew Delhi: Union health ministry will soon roll out an indigenously developed diagnostic test called “Truenat test” for effective case detection of Tuberculosis (TB). TB case detection has been a challenge for the union health ministry. “So far, we have screened over 2 lakh patients across country and over 11,000 have been diagnosed with TB,” said Sunil Khaparde, deputy director general (TB) union health ministry. According to Global TB Report 2017 by World Health Organization (WHO), India has the highest number of TB cases in the world.

Source: Mint November 06, 2017 19:07 UTC