Dehradun, March 5 -- A comprehensive awareness campaign will be launched across the state to achieve an Anaemia and TB-free Uttarakhand by 2025. Teachers and students from schools, colleges, and universities will play a crucial role in this initiative. To make the campaign successful, teachers from all government colleges and education department officials will voluntarily adopt one TB patient each under the "Ni-Kshay Mitra" programme and support their treatment.

State School and Higher Education Minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat held a joint meeting with officials from both departments at his official residence, here, today. It was decided that the School and Higher Education Departments will contribute to the Anaemia and TB-free India campa...