Recently, the President of India launched the `Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’.
About the ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ –
Vision —
It has been envisioned to bring together all community stakeholders to support those on TB treatment and accelerate the country’s progress towards TB elimination.
This is aimed at working towards TBelimination from the country by 2025.
Components of the scheme —
The Ni-kshay Mitra initiative which forms a vital component of the `Abhiyaan’ is also launched along with the Abhiyaan.
This portal provides a platform for donors to provide various forms of support to those undergoing TB treatment.
The three-pronged support includes —
Nutritional,
Additional diagnostic, and
Vocational support.
Adoption Provision for Corporates and NGOs —
Under the scheme, individuals, NGOs and corporates can adopt TB patients by committing support for 1-3 years.
To join the initiative, they have to register on the site, which has an anonymous list of TB patients, categorised according to the primary health centres, blocks, districts and states.
The sponsors can select the number of patients as per their capacity.
Stop TB Partnership Board –
It was established in the year 2000.
The aim is to eliminate Tuberculosis as a public health problem.
The organisation was conceived following the meeting of the First Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Tuberculosis Epidemic held in London in March 1998.
In 1998, through the Amsterdam Declaration, it gave a call for collaborative action from 20 countries that bear the highest burden of TB.
It has 1500 partner organisation and its secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare has been appointed Chairman of the Stop TB Partnership Board. The Minister will serve a three year term, commencing July 2021.
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