PM Modi inaugurates One World TB Summit in Varanasi

PM Modi inaugurates One World TB Summit in Varanasi

  • Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the One World TB Summit at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi, on March 24, 2023.
  • It must be noted that, under the leadership of PM Modi, India is on the path of ending TB by 2025 
  • As a part of the event, he launched various initiatives which included the TB-Mukt Panchayat, the official pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT), the Family-centric care model for TB and the release of India’s Annual TB Report 2023.
  • He laid the foundation stone of the National Centre for Disease Control & High Containment Laboratory as well as inaugurated the site for the Metropolitan Public Health Surveillance Unit in Varanasi.
  • Select States/UTs and districts were awarded for their progress towards ending TB.
  • The winners were Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir on the State/UT level and The Nilgiris, Pulwama and Anantnag at the district level. 

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