 Hello everyone, I am Dr. Archana, I am the Associate Consultant Infectious Disease Specialist at Manipal Hospital, Oral Airport Road, Bangalore. According to the recent WHO statistics, in 2016, around 1 million children are suffering from tuberculosis every year. And among these 1 million children, around 2.5 lakh children die of tuberculosis every year. That constitutes to around 10-15% of the total burden of tuberculosis worldwide.