Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria adopts 10 TB patients

May 20, 2023

It may be mentioned that Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is a step towards garnering community support towards the TB patient-centric health system.

CII to adopt over 35,000 tuberculosis patients as part of TB eradication programme

Sep 16, 2022

New Delhi [India], September 17 : In line with the Prime Minister's vision for the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the Confederation of Indian Industry...

Restructured Nikshay portal to be launched shortly to adopt TB patients

Jun 02, 2022

New Delhi [India], June 2 : The Central Government is planning to launch restructured Nikshay portal shortly to adopt Tuberculosis patients and provide them...

ICMR-NIE introduce alert feature to reduce TB deaths in Tamil Nadu

Jul 09, 2025

More than half of all tuberculosis (TB) deaths occur within the first two months of treatment. In response, the Indian Council of Medical Research-National...

Govt raises TB patient aid to Rs 1,000 per month, reduces drug-resistant TB treatment duration: Nadda

Aug 11, 2026

"It is not only the medicine, but we also give free medicine. Even if it's a private doctor who is treating, the medicines are...

Tuberculosis cases surged for the first time in many years: WHO

Oct 28, 2022

The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 per cent between 2020 and 2021, with 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB...