P: There is a glimmer of hope with India registering a slight drop in the number of new tuberculosis cases and TB deaths in 2016 compared with 2015.
Q: Incidence estimates for India were considered interim, pending a national TB prevalence survey scheduled for 2017-2018.
R: In terms of mortality, the drop was from 0.51 million in 2015 to 0.43 million in 2016.
S: From an estimated 2.84 million new cases in 2015, the number dropped marginally t o 2.79 million in 2016, according to the World Health Organisation’s Global
tuberculosis report, 2017.