Overview
- India’s health minister launched the next phase of a focused 100-day TB Mukt Bharat campaign on Tuesday, targeting 1.58 lakh villages and urban wards with active screening.
- The push uses about 2,000 AI-enabled handheld X-ray devices, a new TB Mukt Bharat app with an AI chatbot, and faster Rs 1,000 nutrition payments to reach patients early and support adherence.
- Officials reported decade gains in India with TB incidence down 21% and deaths down 25%, and said treatment coverage has reached 92% as programs shift to symptom-agnostic screening to find silent cases.
- Pakistan marked the day by underscoring its burden of roughly 669,000 cases and about 51,000 deaths each year, expanding rapid molecular testing to over 562 GeneXpert sites and calling for sustained domestic financing and multisector action.
- Mumbai’s latest data show progress and pressure at once, with cases falling to 54,390 in 2025 yet about 149 new infections reported daily, wider use of the six‑month all‑oral BPaLM regimen, and stronger community support like Nikshay Mitra.