Consciousness Programme on TB & Community Support to TB Patients Organised in Numerous Schools

Rohit Kumar

Port Blair, 04 January 2022

Under National TB Elimination programme (NTEP) the State TB Unit, Port Blair organized consciousness programmes on TB & Community Support to TB Patients – Ni-Kshay Mitra (Donor) underneath Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan at Govt. Secondary. School, Delanipur, Govt. Secondary. School, Junglighat, Govt. Secondary School, South Point and Govt. Secondary School, Dairy Farm with the target to offer further vitamin assist to TB sufferers and to enhance group involvement to get rid of TB by 2025.

Mr. Tapan Kumar Ray, IEC Officer, spoke concerning the transmission, medical manifestation, prevention and management of TB, TB/HIV Co-infection, and the unwell impact of alcoholism and smoking notably in regards to the therapy of TB. 

He additionally knowledgeable the scholars and academics concerning the incentives given to the affected person in the course of the therapy underneath Ni-Kshay Poshan Yoajna and about Nikshay Mitra (Donor) underneath Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan and requested the academics to come back ahead and change into Ni-Kshay Mitra and make the Abhiyaan a hit. 

The gathering was additionally urged to propagate the message in the neighborhood.