To mark 75 years’ of India’s Independence, 75 high burden tribal districts have been selected for focused interventions.
It aims to make India TB-free by 2025.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and TB division of Ministry of Health and Family welfare organized a national conclave recently to disseminate the learnings of the 100-day Aashwasan Campaign under ‘Tribal TB Initiative’.
Tribal TB Initiative is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Central TB Division, Ministry of Health.
It is supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as technical partner and Piramal Swasthya as implementing partner.
The Aashwasan Campaign started in January, 2022 for active case finding for TB in 174 tribal districts of India, under the ambit of the Tribal TB Initiative.