Govt taking steps towards eradication of TB by 2025: MoS Dr Bharati Pawar
Chennai: Union Minister of State for Health, Dr Bharati Pawar, on Tuesday said that the Centre was taking initiatives for eliminating Tuberculosis from the country by 2025.
The minister was speaking after inaugurating the medical records room of the department of Clinical Research at the ICMR - National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT) here.
Dr Pawar said that NIRT was an old institute whose primary duties were to detect, treat and prevent TB.
The Centre had initiated the 'Ni-kshay Mitra scheme' for Tuberculosis patients which would allow voluntary organisations and people to sponsor rations for them.
As per the Ni-kshay Mitra scheme, volunteers can sponsor a basket worth Rs 700 for a Tuberculosis patient. The materials in the basket include cereals, 3 kg of millet, 1.5 kg of pulses, vegetable oils, groundnut, and milk among others.
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