PM Modi to inaugurate The Delhi End TB Summit tomorrow
New Delhi, Mar 12 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate The Delhi End TB Summit at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital on Tuesday.
The Summit, will be co-hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, WHO South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) and Stop TB Partnership.
The Prime Minister will launch Tuberculosis Free India Campaign on this occasion.
TB free India Campaign will take the activities of National Strategic Plan for TB elimination forward in Mission mode.
The National Strategic Plan for TB elimination is backed by funding of over 12,000 crore rupees over the next three years to ensure every TB patient has access to quality diagnosis, treatment, and support.
The new NSP adopts a multi-pronged approach which aims to ‘Detect’ all TB patients with an emphasis on reaching TB patients seeking care from private providers and undiagnosed TB in high-risk populations,
PM Modi’s vision to end TB by 2025, five years ahead of the SDG’s has galvanized the efforts of the Revised National Tuberculosis Program, which has treated over 2 Crore patients since its inception in 1997.
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