ITANAGAR, Sep 13: Arunachal Governor Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) has adopted two Tuberculosis (TB) patients today after registering himself for sponsoring them under community engagement of ‘Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’, which is a step towards garnering community support towards TB patient-centric health system.
Mishra appealed to the people to generously adopt TB patients in the state and make Arunachal Pradesh Tuberculosis free. He said that on the clarion call of the Prime Minister, there is an urgent need for a societal approach to eliminate Tuberculosis from the state and country by 2025, which will be 5 years before the world target i.e., 2030.
Calling to make it a 'peoples movement', he urged the NGOs, business houses, government officials and individuals to adopt TB patients generously.
The Governor said that while the efforts of the State government are yielding good results, the community and the institutions in society should take lead in filling the gaps and addressing the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, thereby contributing to the national goal. Dr. Pema Dorjee Thongchi, District TB Officer, Papum Pare District informed that once registered as a sponsor, the health official will regularly contact him for providing patient support to the adopted TB patients. He informed that the support provided to the patient under this initiative is in addition to the free diagnostics, free drugs and Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana provided under the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) to all the notified TB patients.

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