45% rise in number of TB cases in Rajasthan

While the Union Health Ministry made TB a notifiable disease in 2017, all govt and private doctors had to mandatorily inform the ministry on fresh cases of the disease in 2018 after a related directive was passed. TB cases increased in the last two years after the notification, Rajasthan sofficials said. 1,59,762 cases were notified in 2018 as compared to 1,10,044 in 2017.

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