Background
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with Tuberculosis (TB) globally in 20225. India carries an estimated 27% of the global TB incidence with an estimated 28.2 lakh people contacting the disease and approximately 3.4 lakh people succumbing to the disease every year. The surveillance efforts in India marked a milestone year in 2022, with a record high notification of 24.2 lakh cases.6
The National Multisectoral Action Framework for TB-Free India, which aimed at building partnerships for convergent actions for a holistic response to TB epidemic, has identified ‘TB Free Workplace’ as one of the six strategic areas for multisectoral action. Engagement of workplace settings towards a ‘TB Free Workplace’ is an effort to complement government initiatives for ending TB among the working population engaged in various occupational settings (formal and informal) through strategic interventions at workplaces.
Government of India has developed and released a ‘Policy Framework to address Tuberculosis, TB related co-morbidities and HIV in the World of Work in India’ in 2019. The overall goal of this policy framework is to provide an operational framework to all stakeholders in the world of work towards the goal of ending TB by 2025.
References:
5 Global TB Report 2023
6 India TB Report 2023
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