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Furthermore, a web- lakh individuals undergoing
enabled patient management TB treatment. During the One
system for TB control, Ni-kshay, World TB Summit in Varanasi,
is operated under the National the Prime Minister also launched
Tuberculosis Elimination various initiatives including the
Programme (NTEP) which is TB-Mukt Panchayat, the official
used by health functionaries at pan-India rollout of a shorter TB
various levels across the country Preventive Treatment (TPT), and
as the National TB Surveillance the Family-centric care model
System and also to order various for TB.
types of tests from labs across By adopting TB patients
the country, record treatment through the Ni-kshay Mitra
details, monitor treatment campaign, India is nurturing
adherence and to transfer cases a culture of inclusivity and
between care providers. The empathy, challenging the
Government also provides free long-standing discrimination
nutritional support every month faced by those affected by
to all the TB patients registered the disease. Going beyond the
in Ni-kshay till the completion of binary of public and private
treatment under the Ni-kshay cooperation, the Government
Poshan Yojana. has empowered everyone
In 2018, the Government to partake and contribute to
introduced a Direct Benefit the goal of TB-Mukt Bharat.
Transfer scheme for TB- This heartfelt movement is
patients, resulting in the direct demonstrating the power of
transfer of around Rs 2,000 unity and compassion as India
crores to their bank accounts, strives to achieve the vision of a
benefiting approximately 75 TB-Mukt Bharat.
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