Gandhinagar, July 1 -- Gujarat has recorded a 34 per cent decline in new tuberculosis (TB) cases and a 37 per cent reduction in the TB mortality rate in 2023 compared to 2015, state government Spokesperson Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday, citing a Government of India report.

According to a press release by the Gujarat CMO, the meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel. During the meeting, the Cabinet reviewed Gujarat's remarkable achievements under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's ambitious TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.

According to the Spokesperson Minister, the latest Government of India report estimated the incidence of new TB cases in Gujarat at 186 per one lakh population in 2024. Based on ...