Guwahati: The Assam health & family welfare department was conferred the national award for a reduction in TB cases in two districts under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) by the Union ministry of health & family welfare (MoHFW).
The award was conferred at the One World TB Summit launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
As per official, Bongaigaon district was awarded Silver for a 40 per cent reduction in TB cases while Kokrajhar District was awarded Bronze for a 20 per cent reduction in TB cases respectively in the Sub National Certification for the year 2023.
The Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Kataria attended the event through virtual mode from Raj Bhavan and Assam Health Minister Keshab Mahanta, Avinash Joshi, Principal Secretary of Health, Bornali Sharma, Secretary of Health, Dr Neel Madhab Das, Director of Health Services, Assam attended through the virtual mode from Janata Bhawan, Dispur.
However, the State had diagnosed a total of 47,926 TB Patients in the year 2022 with an 88 per cent success rate, informed the officials.
Earlier, the former Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagadish Mukhi had adopted 10 TB patients, the Assam Chief Minister of Assam, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma had adopted 5 TB patients and the Health Minister of Assam Keshab Mahanta had adopted 4 TB patients as part of the Nikshay Mitra Campaign under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA).
They will take care of their nutritional and allied support needs for a period of six months.
