Govt has rolled out NSP to eradicate TB by 2025 : Nadda

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New Delhi : Union Minister for  Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated the 69th Foundation Day celebrations of the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI) here on April 6, 2018. The Union Health Minister released a compendium on the list of research publications of VPCI from 1949-2017 and also unveiled the ‘Daily Digital Pollen Count Information for Public’.

Prof Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi, and Prof. Yogesh K Tyagi, Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, were also present at the event.

Nadda said that the Government has rolled out a new `National Strategic Plan (NSP)’ to eradicate TB by 2025 and VPCI and the Ministry should work together towards achieving this target. ” The target of eliminating TB by 2025 is quite ambitious. We are aiming to reach 3 million TB patients which means we would reach out to an additional 1.1 million missing patients. I expect a major role to be played by the Institute in achieving success in this ambitious goal of eliminating TB by 2025 as they have rich experience in the field of chest infections,” he said.

Nadda further said that the Government is transforming 1.5 lakh sub-centres into health and wellness centres to provide comprehensive primary health care as close to the community as possible, enable universal screening of five common non-communicable diseases to promote early detection, encourage lifestyle modifications, and ensure treatment and adherence to treatment, according to a PIB release.

The Minister stated that the Government has announced Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) – that will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries) providing coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. “More than 1,300 packages are included in NHPM,” he said. Nadda also assured all support to the Institute for exploring international collaborations with reputed institutions around the globe.