New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The government does not plan to push the tuberculosis elimination target beyond 2025, Union health minister JP Nadda said on Tuesday, adding that the status of the programme would be clearer in April when the "100 days intensified TB campaign ends".
The health ministry during a briefing shared a status report on the progress made in the last 10 years in implementation of schemes under the National Health Mission (NHM).
"We are hopeful that we will be able to eliminate TB by the stipulated time; having said that we will be in a better position to comment on it by the first week of April when our 100 days intensified TB campaign ends. We should not forget that because of Covid-19 pandemic we lost two crucial years, for...