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Step up campaign on TB elimination in correctional homes & jails, states told

The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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January 10, 2025

WITH the aim to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from India by 2025, the Centre has written to all the states and the Union Territories to organise an intensive 100-day campaign on TB eradication in prisons and correctional institutions.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @ New Delhi

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) letter comes following the Centre's announcement of a 100-day TB elimination campaign to enhance detection of TB cases, reduce diagnostic delays, and improve treatment outcomes, particularly in high-risk groups.

The campaign was launched by Union health minister JP Nadda on December 7, 2024.

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No truck with Ajit’s NCP in BMC polls over Malik: BJP

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51 cartons of Nehru papers sent to Sonia missing, says govt

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The New Indian Express Tirunelveli

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Festival hopping in Jaipur: Winter edition

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Cancel green nod for building: PIL in marshland case

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Ramadoss demands CBI investigation on his son

THE executive committee of the S Ramadoss-led faction of Pattali Makkal Katchi on Wednesday demanded an investigation by the CBI against Anbumani Ramadoss.

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'Excessive fog' leads to T20I abandonment

BY the time the fourth T20I between India and South Africa in Lucknow was officially called off on Wednesday, two and a half hours had passed.

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