Q. Consider the following statements about Tuberculosis (TB):
1. Government of India (GoI) aims to eliminate TB by 2025.
2. TB is caused by protozoa.
Which of the above given statement is/are correct?
Explanation: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium causes TB. It is spread through the air when a person with TB (whose lungs are affected) coughs, sneezes, spits, laughs, or talks. TB is contagious, but it is not easy to catch
Elimination as defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO), means that there should be less than 1 case of TB for a population of a million people. In view of the current TB burden in India, there is a great deal that needs to be done if elimination is to be achieved by 2025. The National Strategic Plan 2017 – 2025, sets out the government plans of how the elimination of TB can be achieved.
the World Health Organization released its annual Global Tuberculosis Report for 2019, which found India was able to reduce incidence in 2018 by almost 50,000 cases from the previous year, but still had the highest burden with 2.69 million cases — 26.9% of the global burden of 10 million.
Source: ForumIAS
