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including from cash transfers and   complementing     the     free
        nutritional support.               diagnostics and drugs already
            In 2020, in alignment with the   being provided. This will help
        Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of   more   patients    complete
        ending TB, India transformed the   treatment, reduce stigma and
        fight  against  TB  into  a  ‘Jan   mitigate the catastrophic costs
        Andolan’, or people’s movement.    that TB-affected families face.
        The Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana,           As the incoming chair of the
        launched in 2018, continues to     G20,   India  has   a   unique
        provide direct benefit transfers of   opportunity to enhance its global
        ` 500 per month to TB patients. In   leadership of the battle to end TB
        2021,  the  financial  outlay  for   by 2030, as well as to showcase
        patient support activities was     its many achievements during
        more than USD 100 million.         the UN High-level Meeting on TB in
            At the same time, the ‘Adopt   2023.
        a TB Patient’ campaign, which is      I wish India all the success
        part of the Pradhan Mantri TB      and assure all Indians of WHO’s
        Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, launched     ongoing  support,  for  a TB-free
        in September 2022, is set to       India,  a  TB-free  South-East  Asia
        provide all TB patients additional   Region, and a TB-free world.
        nutritional            support,
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