Chandel observes World TB Day 2023
IFP Bureau25 Mar 2023
On World TB Day 2023, CMO Serthani Serbum appealed to the people to help in eradicating TB by 2025 and stressed on the need for proper and up-to-date equipment and medicines.
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On World TB Day 2023, CMO Serthani Serbum appealed to the people to help in eradicating TB by 2025 and stressed on the need for proper and up-to-date equipment and medicines.
World TB Day 2023: Tuberculosis remains the second highest disease after COVID-19 in India, but many people in Manipur about the TB prevention programme taken up by the Central government.
The World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2023 was observed at JNIMS, Imphal on Friday under the theme - 'Yes we can end TB'.
The prevalence rate of TB in India in 2015 was 244 per lakh population but was recorded at 164 per lakh population in the case of Manipur, state TB officer Dr W Shashi Singh said.
President Droupadi Murmu has called upon all citizens to remove illusion and stigma associated with Tuberculosis disease and raise awareness about the prevention and treatment facility available in India..
A total of 1,03,07,200 persons were screened verbally for TB during 100-day during the door-to-door campaign conducted under the Tribal TB Initiative of the Central government.
According to medical experts, TB is no longer viewed as a dreaded infectious disease to PLHIV in recent years owing to the heightened level of awareness about the disease among the infected population.
The WHO 2021 Global TB report states that 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020 (including 214000 among HIV positive people).
The Union Health and Family Welfare minister emphasized the importance of health journalism in addressing health issues in the country.