TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan launched in TG
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2024-12-21 17:33 GMT
Hyderabad: As part of the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan scheme, Telangana has deployed 26 mobile TB testing vehicles equipped with digital X-ray and CBNAAT machines to identify and test high-risk populations and improve public awareness about the disease, said health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha in a video conference conducted on the scheme by Union health minister J.P. Nadda on Saturday.
Rajanarsimha informed that the scheme was launched in the state on December 7 in nine districts Adilabad, Kothagudem, Karimnagar, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nagar Kurnool, Peddapalli, Suryapet, Wanaparthy and highlighted that all measures recommended by the Union health ministry were being implemented in the state to achieve the programme’s objective.
To identify and test high-risk populations, the Union health ministry has launched the 100-day intensified TB elimination campaign. Districts with low testing rates and high-risk populations were selected for the campaign. The campaign was launched in 347 districts nationwide, including nine in Telangana, on December 7, 2024. It will run until March 17, 2025.
Rajanarsimha said the 100-day campaign has been launched in Telangana in the nine districts and adequate testing reagents and drugs have been stocked for the campaign. "So far, screenings have been conducted for 7,219 individuals across the nine districts and 181 cases have tested positive for TB. Telangana has significantly increased the number of TB tests, with 5.74 lakh individuals tested in 2023 and 7.82 lakh in 2024. Telangana’s treatment success rate stands at 90 per cent, surpassing the national average of 87 per cent," the minister informed.