He noted that as the G20 President, India chose the theme of “One Family, One World, One Future” based on such beliefs.
“The theme of G20 is a resolution for the shared future of the entire world,” PM Modi said.
“Sometime back, India had also taken the initiative to take forward the vision of ‘One Earth, One Health’. And now, through ‘One World TB Summit’, India is fulfilling another pledge of Global Good,” PM Modi said
He elaborated on a multi-pronged approach against TB in the last nine years.
He listed people’s participation, enhancing nutrition, treatment innovation, tech integration, wellness and prevention interventions such as Fit India, Yoga, and Khelo India.
“In the fight against TB, the great thing that India has done is people’s participation. We have made an appeal to the people to become Nikshay Mitra to join the campaign of TB-free India. Thereafter, common people of the country adopted around 10 lakh (1 million) TB patients,” he said.
Financial help to TB patients under the programme has reached up to ₹1,000 crore, he added.
He mentioned the strategy of ensuring that that no TB patient is left out of treatment.
“We have linked TB patients with the Ayushman Bharat Scheme for their screening and treatment. Simultaneously, we have increased the number of labs for free TB test. We worked on a new strategy to ensure that no TB patient is left out of treatment. The strategy of trace, test, track, treat and technology, is being followed strictly in the fight against the disease,” PM Modi added.
He also expressed confidence about India’s success against TB.
“Today’s New India is known for achieving its goals,” Modi said and gave examples of achieving the pledge to be Open Defecation Free, achieving the target of solar power generation capacity as well as the target of ethanol blending of fixed percentage in petrol ahead of schedule.
Source- Hindustan Times.