Prime Minister launched Tuberculosis (TB) Free India Campaign after he inaugurated Delhi End-TB Summit in New Delhi.
The campaign aims to take activities of National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB elimination forward in Mission mode.
National Strategic Plan (NSP) for TB elimination sets deadline to eradicate TB from the country by 2025.
It is five years ahead of global target of 2030 mentioned in the Sustainable Development Goals-3 - complete eradication of TB globally.
The summit was co-hosted by Union Health Ministry, World Health Organisation’s South East Asia Regional Office and Stop TB Partnership.
The summit would set the stage for the September 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB, where for the first time, TB would be discussed in the UN General Assembly at the Heads of State level.