TB Mission 2020 By Dr. Harshvardhan

Health is such an important sector to be focused on as one unhealthy individual can be a carrier of the infection to be spread to the other individual. Anything taken up as a challenge has always worked. Best example for this could be ‘Polio Eradication’ and making India a ‘Polio Free’ country.

 The next venture is the eradication of TB. Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has announced that there would be ‘’Free TB India’’ by 2020 called “TB-Mission 2020”.

Bringing Anti tubercular therapy and DOT under a National Scheme has certainly paved a way for management but still lacks somewhere and this has been a reason for developing Tuberculosis cases.

So what is the next move?

Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that ‘’TB is a byproduct of poverty’’ which means that the occurrence is more in the undernourished individuals. So, necessary measures for enhancing nutrition and financial support will be taken. 

Strategizing on diagnosis of Tuberculosis with high intensive tools, providing quality drugs, improving on regimen and drug susceptibility testing may help. Apart from this free diagnosis and universal treatment may it be Government or a private sector is also essential. 

This is going to be large ‘’social movement’’ on Health. And TB eradication is going to the top agenda.

This is now a moral responsibility of not only Doctors but Medical Administrators and Politicians as well.

Tuberculosis to one person could mean to the entire population. So an immediate action against the spread is very essential.