Tall claims on killing tuberculosis
(WorldNews Health)

Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was ready to assist the Indian government in reaching the target of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. This means it will help India reduce its annual count of new infections from 2.8 million to 140,000, or by an unprecedented 95%. Not only does India shoulder the highest TB burden in the world with over two million of the 10 million cases reported here, it also accounts for the maximum drug-resistant (DR) patients - nearly 130,000 people do not respond to first-line drugs. To call the target ambitious would...