Lok Sabha Question No. 3458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: 'TB Mukt Bharat' Campaign in Identified Districts
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Dulu Mahato, Shri Rajkumar Chahar, Shri Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Anoop Pradhan Valmiki, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Dr. Rajesh Mishra, Shri Anurag Sharma, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST MARCH, 2025

## 'TB MUKT BHARAT' CAMPAIGN IN IDENTIFIED DISTRICTS

## 3458. SHRI PRATAP CHANDRASARANGI:

SHRI ANOOPPRADHAN VALMIKI:

DR. VINOD KUMAR BIND:

SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI DULU MAHATO:

DR. RAJESH MISHRA:

SHRI NABACHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI BIBHU PRASAD TARAI:

SHRI SURESH KUMAR KASHYAP:

SHRI RAJKUMAR CHAHAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the specific roles and responsibilities likely to be played by the Ministry of MSME in the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to ensure effective implementation and outreach in the identified districts including Hathras and Jharkhand districts;
- (b) the manner in which the Ministry proposes to coordinate with the MSME associations and regional field offices to maximize awareness and participation in the said Abhiyaan;
- (c) the kind of medical support and follow-up care likely to be provided to MSME workers diagnosed with TB through the screening camps;
- (d) the manner in which the said collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare exemplifies the holistic approach of the Government;
- (e) the various outcomes expected by the Ministry out of the said collaboration; and
- (f) the details of the schemes and the outcomes under the said abhiyaan in Hathras district?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) and (b) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) have agreed on facilitating collaborative actions to strengthen national response towards TB elimination in all State/UTs. During the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, the specific responsibilities played by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in campaign districts, including Hathras of Uttar Pradesh and 4 districts of Jharkhand, to maximize awareness and mobilization of vulnerable population are as under:

-  Engagement of all offices, institutions, and attached organizations of MSME in the campaign.
-  Display of IEC materials in all offices including field officers.
-  Awareness generation of all staff on TB.
-  Taking Ni-kshay Shapath (pledge) in all organisations/offices/institutions.
-  Ni-kshay Shivir (screening camps) in MSME and industrial hubs.
-  Dissemination of awareness messages on social media.
-  Encourage registration of Ni-kshay Mitra from various organisations and institutions of MSME

(c) All TB patients diagnosed during the campaign, including MSME workers are linked to free treatment and appropriate health care by the State/District health department concurred.

(d) and (e) This collaboration supplements the government's approach to achieve the national goals towards TB elimination with a whole of government approach to improve health seeking behaviour, early detection of TB, appropriate treatment of identified cases and to prevent new cases.

(f) In Hathras, during the Abhiyan, 10,540 Ni-kshay Shivir were held and 3,67,048 vulnerable populations were screened through which 1,062 new TB patients were identified.

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