“This helped the campaign shatter geographical barriers and brought vital screening and diagnostic services to remote and underserved areas,” Nadda said.He noted that over 13.46 lakh Nikshay Shivirs, or community screening and awareness camps, were organised, bringing essential TB services to crores of people. TB treatment coverage in India has risen from 59 per cent to 85 per cent, with 12.97 crore people screened. Among those diagnosed, 2.85 lakh had no symptoms and would have remained undetected without the campaign’s stratified screening strategy.”Our TB elimination strategy is based on a ‘whole of society’ and ‘whole of government’ approach,” Nadda added.The minister also acknowledged the support of 22 line ministries, over 30,000 elected representatives, more than 5,000 MLAs, and 10,000 gram panchayats. In just 100 days, over 1,05,181 new Ni-kshay Mitras registered and distributed over 3,06,368 food baskets to TB patients and their families.
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