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- The Government of India renamed its National TB Control Programme to National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme.
- The name change is in line with the goal of India in eliminating the disease by 2025.
- This is five years ahead of the goal of United Nations Sustainable Development target.
- Also, the WHO (World Health Organization) recently endorsed on technology developed by Indian scientists to detect the disease called TrueNat MTB in terms of accuracy.
- The TrueNat test a new molecular test that can diagnose Tuberculosis in one hour.
- The test uses polymerase chain reaction to detect bacteria.
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