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World TB day: 11% increase in drug-resistant tuberculosis cases, say BMC data
Updated On: 24 March, 2018 01:34 PM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
Even as number of patients recorded in 2017 sees a substantial increase from the 2016 figure, civic body attributes it to better reporting of cases and improved facilities
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Year 2025 is the Centre's deadline for achieving the 'Zero TB' target, but data released by BMC on the eve of World Tuberculosis Day shows a worrying upward swing in the number of TB cases registered in the 2016-17 period. While eight per cent has been recorded as the rise in TB cases overall in the city in 2017, drug-resistant TB cases shot up to 4,891 last year from 4,374 in 2016 - an increase of 11 per cent.
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