The world has committed to ending the TB epidemic by 2030. TB treatment & care in India is provided in the public sector by the government’s Revised National TB Control Program (RNTCP) as well as through private sector health providers. About 1400 people die each day in India due to active tuberculosis. More than 40% of Indians have latent tuberculosis. Those who test positive Mantoux Tuberculin skin test (>15 mm induration) are said to have Latent tuberculosis for they harbor the germ which is kept limited by the body's immune system.
Once positive, the test remains so for life normally, though immunity may wane over time so these would test positive with a booster. A normal person with latent tuberculosis cannot infect another person. Tuberculosis is transmitted to close contacts through airborne bacilli as aerosolized particles when a person with active disease coughs. In 2015 there…
