Meghalaya Awarded For TB Control Program

Category : Awards Published on: December 14 2022

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The Meghalaya government, which has adopted a 'Jan Andolan' (people's movement) against tuberculosis, has been awarded the award for best practices to control the disease.
TB affects 2.6 million people in India every year.
The state of Meghalaya was awarded for using the best applications to eradicate TB disease.
The state registered 4,189 TB cases in 2021 while in the first quarter of 2022, around 1,075 patients have been enrolled for treatment.
The TB Mukt Bharat campaign, or ‘Jan Andolan’ aims to enhance awareness, eradicate stigma and generate demand for services throughout the state.
PM Narendra Modi aims to eliminate the disease that affects over 26 lakh Indians annually by 2025, five years ahead of WHO’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).