New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The health ministry has asked all other ministries and departments to rope in religious leaders and community influencers to sensitize people during upcoming religious festivals about the need to eliminate tuberculosis this year itself.

In a communication reviewed by Mint, the ministry refers to its plan to focus on 38 tribal districts, 27 mining districts and 46 aspirational districts of a total 347 districts being covered across states in the war against TB.

The work involves identifying 200,000 additional TB cases and achieving 90% screening of vulnerable populations as part of the Centre' ongoing nationwide100-day TB elimination programme which was launched on 7 December last year.

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