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Goa
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Kerala
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Tamil Nadu
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Detailed explanation-1: -Kerala has emerged as the only State to be placed in the Silver category in the Union Health Ministry’s just-concluded Subnational Certification of Efforts Towards Elimination of TB.
Detailed explanation-2: -National TB elimination program: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare awards Gold medal to three districts of J&K.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP), based on the internationally recommended Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) strategy, was launched in 1997 expanded across the country in a phased manner with support from World Bank and other development partners.
Detailed explanation-4: -The National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) of India is geared to meet the ambitious goal pronounced by the Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ending the TB epidemic by 2025 from the country, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030.
Detailed explanation-5: -The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP), previously known as Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), aims to strategically reduce TB burden in India by 2025, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development Goals.