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27/08/22 10:30 AM IST

Center identifies 75 tribal districts for focused TB interventions

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  • The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the Central TB Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have zeroed in on 75 tribal districts, where focused interventions will be run over the next few months to make them TB-free.

Aashwasan Campaign

  • The campaign to detect TB cases across 174 tribal districts under which door-to-door screening was done in over 68,000 villages.
  • Official data showed that 3,82,811 people were identified for presumptive TB after a verbal screening of over 03 crore people in these villages.
  • The Aashwasan Campaign was undertaken by the Tribal Affairs and Health Ministries and supported by USAID (United States Agency for International Development) as a technical partner and Piramal Swasthya as the implementing partner.
  • India is committed to eliminating tuberculosis from the country by 2025, five years ahead of the global target by the World Health Organization (WHO) i.e. 2030.
About TB 
  • TB is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, belonging to the Mycobacteriaceae family consisting of about 200 members.
  • Some of Mycobacteria cause diseases like TB and Leprosy in humans and others infect a wide range of animals.
  • In humans, TB most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but it can also affect other organs (extra-pulmonary TB).
  • TB is a very ancient disease and has been documented to have existed in Egypt as early as 3000 BC.
  • TB is a treatable and curable disease
Source- PIB 

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