108 people died of TB in Mizoram in 2023
Aizawl (PTI): A total of 108 people died of tuberculosis in Mizoram last year, officials said on Wednesday.
Blood samples of 17,432 people were tested last year, and of them, 2,272 were found suffering from TB, they said.
Of the 2,272 patients, 164 were diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), they said, adding that 86 per cent of the patients were successfully treated, while 108 people died.
Between January and March this year, a total of 595 people have been diagnosed with TB, out of the 3,761 samples tested.
Of them, 38 were diagnosed with MDR-TB and 57 people were found suffering from both TB and HIV-AIDS, officials said.
Of the patients, 6 per cent are diabetic, 33 per cent use tobacco and 16 per cent are alcoholic, they said.
So far this year, the Aizawl district reported the highest number of TB cases at 433, followed by Kolasib district (46) and Lunglei district (34).
West Mizoram's Mamit district recorded the least TB cases at five.
Only 187 people in the state have registered to adopt TB patients or donate for them through the 'Nikshay' platform under the PM TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
The initiative was launched by President Droupadi Murmu in September 2022, aiming to augment community involvement in meeting India's commitment to end TB by 2025 ahead of the global target of 2030.
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Rajnath meets Chinese Defence Minister Dong in Bishkek
New Delhi (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on the margins of a multilateral conclave in Bishkek.
It is learnt that the two ministers reviewed the overall situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
"It was a pleasure to interact with the Defence Minister of China Admiral Dong Jun during the SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting in Bishkek," Singh said on social media.
There is no official word yet on what transpired during the talks between Singh and Dong.
The defence minister also met his Russian counterpart Andrei Belousov.
"Great interaction with Russian Defence Minister, Andrei Belousov during the SCO Defence Ministers' Meet in Bishkek," Singh said.
Singh landed in the capital city of Kyrgyzstan on Monday to attend the conclave of defence ministers of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
