CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The NSP 2017-2025 builds on the success and learnings of the last NSP and encapsulates the bold and innovative steps required to eliminate TB in India by 2030.

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: -Visions & Goals of the National Strategic Plan 2017-2025 The Goal was to achieve a rapid decline in the burden of TB, mortality and morbidity, while working towards the elimination of TB in India by 2025. Detect, Treat, Prevent & Build. There is also across all four areas, an overarching theme of the Private Sector.

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: -However, as per this report, the incidence of TB in India has fallen from 217 per lakh population per year in the year 2015 to 211 per lakh population per year in the year 2016.