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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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