The seven countries where TB is endemic are India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, and South Africa. Advances in the TB prevention and care in these countries, which accounts for 64% of the new TB cases, will aid in the global progress of eliminating this disease. For example, India bears the highest burdens of TB and its complications. This is attributed to delay in timely treatment, inaccessibility to healthcare services, lack of awareness regarding TB, treatment, and its preventive measures, high drug resistance TB, economic barriers, lack of funding, air pollution, and inadequate governmental health care system. There are too many risk factors present making it more challenging for the country to overcome the
The seven countries where TB is endemic are India, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, and South Africa. Advances in the TB prevention and care in these countries, which accounts for 64% of the new TB cases, will aid in the global progress of eliminating this disease. For example, India bears the highest burdens of TB and its complications. This is attributed to delay in timely treatment, inaccessibility to healthcare services, lack of awareness regarding TB, treatment, and its preventive measures, high drug resistance TB, economic barriers, lack of funding, air pollution, and inadequate governmental health care system. There are too many risk factors present making it more challenging for the country to overcome the