aim : To end Tuberculosis by 2025.
Earlier efforts
In April 2018, the government launched the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme to provide nutritional support to TB patients. Under the scheme,
TB patients have been receiving Rs. 500 per month for the entire duration of treatment. Since its inception, a total amount of Rs. 427crore has been paid to over 26 lakhs beneficiaries through direct transfers to their bank accounts.
India accounts for 27% of the global TB burden: WHO report
Moscow declaration
Moscow declaration: WHO seeks co-ordinated action on TB, end of HIV co-infection deaths by 2020
What is Tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis (TB) is contagious and airborne.
It is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is spread when people who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air; for example, by coughing.
It typically affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect other sites (extrapulmonary TB).
About a quarter of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis and thus at risk of developing TB disease.
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