New Delhi, June 17 -- : Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan sought cooperation from the global community in the development of a Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine during a virtual high-level event on 'Global Drive to Scale-up TB Prevention' organised by WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme on Wednesday.
As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the purpose of the special high-level event was to discuss key actions needed at the global and country-level to scale up TB prevention strategies and drive progress towards achieving the 2022 UN High-Level Meeting target on TB preventive treatment.
Addressing the ministerial roundtable on country commitments to enhance TB prevention, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, "Scaling up TB pr...