Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan launched
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Polity & Governance
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9th Sep, 2022
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Context
The President launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan.
Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan
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Targets
- Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan aims to eliminate tuberculosis from India by 2025.
- The Prime Minister has given a distinctive call to end TB in India, giving years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of 2030.
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- The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has been envisioned to bring together all community stakeholders to support those on TB treatment and accelerate the country’s progress towards TB elimination.
- Ni-kshay Mitra initiative: The Ni-kshay Mitra initiative is also launched, which forms a vital component of the Abhiyaan.
- Ni-kshay Mitra portal: The Ni-kshay Mitra portal provides a platform for donors to provide various forms of support to those undergoing TB treatment. The three pronged support includes
- Nutritional
- additional diagnostic
- vocational support
- Ni-kshay Mitras: The donors, called Ni-kshay Mitras, could be a wide range of stakeholders from elected representatives, political parties, to corporates, NGOs, and individuals.
TB in India
- As per Global TB Report of 2021, India is the leading contributor, accounting for 24% of the 10 nations’ combined 74% share of the global gap between estimated TB incidence and the number of newly diagnosed cases that are reported.
- India appears on all three of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global lists of nations with
- high rates of tuberculosis (TB)
- HIV-associated TB
- multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant TB
About Tuberculosis
- It is a contagious infection that usually attacks your lungs.
- It can also spread to other parts of the body such as the brain and spine.
- It is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- It can spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air.
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