Tuberculosis drug resistance ‘alarming’ in India
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) An alarming 20 percent of the people availing re-treatment of tuberculosis are at the risk of developing drug resistance in India that witnesses nearly 1.8 million fresh cases every year, a leading global health advocacy body said here Friday.
On the eve of the World TB Day, March 24, the Global Health Advocates (GHA), a Switzerland-based non-profit body, said that TB drug resistance is becoming a major threat for several countries and India is one of the forerunners.
“After Russia that has recorded a whopping 41 percent drug resistance among the re-treatment category, India and South Africa are facing the wrath with 20 percent of the patients of the same category at risk,” said GHA president Bobby John.
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