CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the TB Free India campaign – a plan to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the target set by the UN’s sustainable development goals.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Making TB a focus of global health initiatives The WHO’s End TB strategy was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2014 as part of the newly established Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals aim for a 90% reduction in deaths caused by tuberculosis deaths by 2030, compared with 2015 levels.

Detailed explanation-4: -19% more TB patients in 2021: report On the World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making India tuberculosis–free by 2025 and said this will be achieved by ensuring access to quality healthcare and advanced treatment.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all nations have set the goal of eradicating TB by the year 2030. But the Government of India has set the target of eradicating TB by the year 2025 and efforts are being made at every level to fulfill this resolution.