World TB Day

Why is it in the news?
  • The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare commemorated the World TB Day with a function to mark the occasion, and reiterated the commitment to eliminating TB in the country by 2025.
More in the news
    • The ministry stressed on the importance of more sensitive and responsive doctors, paramedics, frontline health workers and community partners, while dealing with TB patients. 
    • Various presentations made at the event highlighted the key changes introduced in the policy landscape of TB in the country.
    • India is now closest ever to covering all TB cases with 21.5 lakh new TB patients notified in 2018.
    • Universal drug susceptibility testing has been rolled out, shorter and newer treatment regimen has been expanded countrywide.
    • India is moving towards an injection free regimen.
    • The Nikshay Poshan Yojana:
      1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced the scheme for incentives for nutritional support to TB patients.
      2. All TB patients notified on or after 1st April 2018 including all existing TB patients under treatment are eligible to receive incentives.
      3. The patient must be registered otified on the NIKSHAY portal.
      4. The scheme is supervised by Health and familiy welfare department.
      5. It will come under National Health Mission.
 
Source
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Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 25th Mar 2019
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