More than 421,000 Indians die every year of tuberculosis (TB), a preventable, curable disease.
That is the equivalent of passengers dying in 2,100 Boeing 737MAX crashes a year, or more than five crashes every day.
TB costs India $32 billion (Rs 2.2 lakh crore) every year, 3.5 times its 2019 health budget.
India has the world’s highest TB burden and mortality, and the country is not doing enough to combat it, a new global report has warned.
