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TB Summit

March 18 , 2018 2447 days 1072 0
  • 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.

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