Health minister J.P. Nadda said the country needs to have a dynamic strategy in order to deal with the problem of tuberculosis. It will come up with a national plan with an aim to have a “dynamic strategy” to tackle the problem, according to Union health minister J.P. Nadda. “We are revisiting our strategy to fight tuberculosis and we are coming with national plan. Tuberculosis (TB) takes lives of over 4.8 lakh Indians every year. “When the head of the government makes a commitment to make country TB free by 2025 that clearly sends the message,” he said.

Source: Mint April 08, 2017 12:45 UTC