Port Blair, Mar 24: The National Tuberculosis Elimination Program is the Public Health initiative of the Government of India that organizes its anti-Tuberculosis efforts and functions as a flagship component of the National Health Mission which provides technical and managerial leadership to anti-tuberculosis activities in the country and provides benefits to TB patients like treatment supporter assigned to each patient, counselling of TB patients to motivate them to complete their course, treatment progress monitored in “NIKSHAY” and “NIKSHAY POSHAN YOJANA”- where Rs.500/- is being paid on monthly basis to patients during the course of treatment for nutritional support.
District Administration, South Andaman through its District Health Society have been conducting lot of vertical programme under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) to spread awareness and overcome the stigma on the theme “Invest to End TB. Save Lives”:
• NTEP (SA) conducted a Awareness cum Active case finding of Tuberculosis cases among the employees of Directorate of RD, PRIs & ULBs and Self Help Groups on 23rd Mar 2022. Dr. Mitul addressed the gathering and spoke about the types, signs & symptoms of tuberculosis and nutritional benefits. The employees of Directorate of RD, PRIs & ULBs took pledge on #TBMuktBharat and joined hands to contribute towards TB Free-South Andaman.
• Sensitization & screening programme on TB was conducted at all the Health and Wellness Centre of South Andaman District amongst all frontline workers.
• NTEP (SA) have collected stories from TB Champions/Survivors, success stories on fighting the battle against TB have been recorded to share among the community to create awareness.
Mr. Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, Chairman, District Health Society have requested all the general public to take a pledge on #TBMuktBharat and let’s join hands to become TB Free South Andaman
“I pledge to stop Tuberculosis in my lifetime.
I pledge to protect myself, my family, my coworker and my neighbor from TB.
I pledge to inspire people to follow cough etiquette.
I pledge to make my village, my district, my state and my country TB-Free”
“Tuberculosis is one disease that can take away so many good things from our lives. Let us make everyone aware of it. Happy World Tuberculosis Day”
