Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched several initiatives on Friday to eradicate tuberculosis on the occasion of World TB Day celebrated on March 24 annually.
He launched the TB-Mukt Panchayat initiative, a pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT), and a family-centric care model for tuberculosis. He also released 'India's Annual TB Report 2023' while addressing the 'One World TB Summit' in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
He also laid the foundation stone of the National Centre for Disease Control and High Containment (BSL) Laboratory and unveiled the site for Metropolitan Public Health Surveillance Unit (MSU).
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