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Home / Health News / India aims to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025

India aims to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025

To eliminate tuberculosis from India, the governmnet has taken up an ambitious universal immunisation programme- says union health minister.

By: IANS   | | Updated: February 16, 2020 11:42 am
Tags: Anti tuberculosis drug  TB  Tuberculosis in India  Tuberculosis treatment  
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India is also working for the elimination of many other diseases in the country like Kala-azar and measles © Shutterstock

The central government is working to eradicate tuberculosis (TB)from India by 2025 besides taking active measures to eliminate diseases like kala-azar and measles from the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. Also Read - Tuberculosis eradication: The global efforts to end the deadly infectious disease

“By 2025, we wish to eliminate tuberculosis from India. We have taken up an ambitious universal immunisation programme delivered to 100 per cent people all over the country,” the minister told media persons on the sidelines of the Rotary India Centennial Summit here. Also Read - In most cases, TB isn't a life-long infection, finds study



He said to achieve the goal, the government’s programme ‘Mission Indradhanush’ is already operational. Also Read - New drug approved by FDA for treatment of deadly treatment-resistant tuberculosis

“We are also working for the elimination of many other diseases in the country like Kala-azar and measles,” the minister said.

Referring to the Union government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, he called it an “ambitious programmes, under which 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres will be set up across India by the end of 2022.

“So far, 30,000 are being set up and by March-end we will have around 40,000 centres”, he said.

Published : February 16, 2020 10:05 am | Updated:February 16, 2020 11:42 am
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