India has highest number of MDR-TB cases in South East Asia, says WHO

The percentage of MDR in new TB cases in India is 2.1

India had an estimated 63,000 cases of notified multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2010, the highest in the South East Asia region, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

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Publication Date: 
23/03/2012
Aarti Dhar
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Tuberculosis, WHO, Population, India, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Diseases, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare, Drugs, Health