India sees 38% decline in TB deaths since 2015, WHO reports improved treatment outcomes

India’s tuberculosis (TB) mortality has fallen by 38% since 2015, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2026. The report also highlights high outcomes for people treated for drug-susceptible TB, including a 94% treatment success rate.

Outlets frame the same WHO findings with slightly different emphasis. One story focuses on the comparison with the global trend, noting that India’s decline outpaces the worldwide reduction reported by WHO. Another highlights the mortality drop since 2015 while pairing it with broader context from the same WHO report. A separate account foregrounds both the death decline and the treatment success figure as the headline result.