Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that tuberculosis (TB) will lose and India and the world will win. “While the global target to end TB is 2030, India is working on eliminating it five years earlier, by 2025 itself,” he said, announcing the launch of ‘TB Mukt Panchayat Abhiyan’ and three-month treatment programme for the prevention of the disease instead of a six-month course.
“Today’s new India is known for achieving its goals and has taken this pledge to eliminate TB from the country. The commitment and determination with which India dedicated itself to tackling TB after 2014 is unprecedented. India’s efforts are important, as this is a new model for the global war on TB,” the PM said while addressing the ‘One World TB Summit 2023’ organised at the Rudrakash International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi on the occasion of the World TB Day.
Expressing his delight that the summit was taking place in Varanasi, he said that he was also a member of Parliament from this city. “The city of Kashi is like an eternal stream that has witnessed the hard work and efforts of humanity for thousands of years. No matter the obstacle, Kashi has always proved that new ways are created with ‘Sabka Prayas’ (everyone’s effort),” he said.
“Today’s new India is known for achieving its goals and has taken this pledge to eliminate TB from the country. The commitment and determination with which India dedicated itself to tackling TB after 2014 is unprecedented. India’s efforts are important, as this is a new model for the global war on TB,” the PM said while addressing the ‘One World TB Summit 2023’ organised at the Rudrakash International Cooperation and Convention Centre in Varanasi on the occasion of the World TB Day.
Expressing his delight that the summit was taking place in Varanasi, he said that he was also a member of Parliament from this city. “The city of Kashi is like an eternal stream that has witnessed the hard work and efforts of humanity for thousands of years. No matter the obstacle, Kashi has always proved that new ways are created with ‘Sabka Prayas’ (everyone’s effort),” he said.