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VOL. 10, ISSUE 2 (2025)
A prospective study on tuberculosis and its eradication in India
Authors
Tahesinkhan Pathan
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a dangerous infection caused
by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which primarily attacks the lungs.
It is India's one of the most serious public health issue. In India, Multi Drug
Resistance has grown to embrace the most dangerous form, TDR-TB.
Co-infection of TB and HIV is also one of the issues. Current WHO report
documents the sustained reduction in deaths due to TB achieved by India through
continuous efforts by launch and implement different TB programme like NTCP,
RNTCP, NTEP since independence. In order to eliminate tuberculosis in India by
2025, the Government of India launched the National Strategic Plan NTEP. It has
four strategic pillars: detect, treat, prevent, and build (DTPB). India has
huge reservoir of latent TB infection which need to tackled seriously. Novel
initiatives along with NTEP such as the Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana (NPY) BPaL
regimen for MDR TB, EDNS supplementation, and adult BCG immunization appear to
provide the hope to achieve our TB eradication target. Recently WHO praise and
acknowledged India for tested and put 25.1 lakh people on treatment in 2023.
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Pages:111-113
How to cite this article:
Tahesinkhan Pathan "A prospective study on tuberculosis and its eradication in India". International Journal of Zoology Studies, Vol 10, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 111-113
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