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World Tuberculosis Day 2025
- 24 Mar 2025
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World Tuberculosis Day (24th March) raises awareness of tuberculosis’s (TB’s) health, social, and economic impact.
- History: Dr. Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis on 24th March 1882, leading to the establishment of World TB Day.
- Theme 2025: “Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver.”
- TB in India: India has the largest TB burden (26% of global cases and 29% of global TB-related deaths). In 2023, 25.5 lakh TB cases were notified.
- TB incidence declined 17.7% (237 per 1 lakh in 2015 to 195 in 2023), while TB deaths dropped 21.4% (28 per lakh in 2015 to 22 in 2023).
- India’s Efforts: National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) aims for TB-free India by 2025, ahead of the global 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
- The PM TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (2022), a mission mode of NTEP, drives community participation, advanced diagnostics, better treatments, and innovation to accelerate TB elimination.
- Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana provides Rs 1,000/month for nutrition. Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra screened 3.8 crore people for TB.
- The Ni-kshay Mitra initiative supports TB patients with nutrition, diagnostics, and vocational aid. There are 1.55 lakh Ni-kshay Mitras registered, supporting 8.66 lakh TB patients.
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