"Take The Lead To End TB!", Prime Minister Modi Tweets on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day

On the occasion on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, stressed that citizens and organization must take the lead and end tuberculosis (TB).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his tweet, urged citizens and organisations to take the lead to end tuberculosis (TB) on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.

"In the spirit of this year's World TB Day theme of 'Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world', I urge citizens and organisations to take the lead in the movement to end TB. A TB-free world is a wonderful service to humanity," Modi tweeted.

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‘On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Prime Minister Modi tweeted, "Take the lead to end TB", by 2025.’

He also said that the government was working to make India TB free.

"While the world has set a target of 2030 for TB elimination, we in India want to become TB-free by 2025! At the recent Delhi End TB Summit, I spoke more about the subject," he said in another tweet attaching a news report of about his speech on TB on March 13.

The World TB Day is observed to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis and to step up efforts to end the global epidemic.

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The date marks the day in 1882 when Robert Koch announced that he had discovered the bacterium that causes TB, which opened the way towards diagnosing and curing this disease.

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