Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

Subject : Governance

Context : Recently, the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare chaired the Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat meeting with various Development Partners of the Health Ministry.

Concept :

Tuberculosis (TB) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan

• It was launched under the National Strategic Plan for TB Elimination in a mission mode for ending the epidemic by 2025.
• It is a multi-pronged approach which aims to detect all TB patients with an emphasis on reaching TB patients seeking care from private providers and undiagnosed TB in high-risk populations,

About National Strategic Plan for TB Elimination

• It is a framework to guide the activities of all stakeholders whose work is relevant to TB elimination in India.
• It provides goals and strategies for the country’s response to the disease during the period 2017 to 2025.
• It aims to direct the attention of all stakeholders on the most important interventions or activities that the RNTCP believes will bring about significant changes in the incidence, prevalence and mortality of TB.
• It will guide the development of the national project implementation plan (PIP) and state PIPs, as well as district health action plans (DHAP) under the national health mission (NHM).
• VISION: TB-Free India with zero deaths, disease and poverty due to tuberculosis
• GOAL: To achieve a rapid decline in burden of TB, morbidity and mortality while working towards elimination of TB in India by 2025.

Tuberculosis

• It is a contagious infection that usually attacks your lungs.
• It can also spread to other parts of body such as brain and spine.
• It is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• It can spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air.