SHIMLA: Secretary Health M.Sudha Devi while presiding over a review meeting of National Health Mission for eradication of Tuberculosis under the National Tuberculosis Eradication Program here today, appealed all the departments, particularly the Panchayati raj department to train and motivate Panchayati Raj representatives to make people aware about Tuberculosis (TB) in their areas and to adopt TB patients as 'Nikshay Mitra' and provide them nutritional support in making Himachal Pradesh TB free by 2025.
Apart from this, Sudha Devi appreciated the steps and activities being undertaken for eradication of TB and honoured the departments for the awareness and publicity programmes in this direction.
She said that various NGOs, the people and the Panchayati Raj Institutions should join hands for assisting the initiatives of the government in making Himachal Pradesh Tuberculosis free.
The representatives of various departments viz: Panchayati Raj, AYUSH, Himachal Road Transport Corporation, Rural Development, Youth Services and Sports, Urban Development, Labour and Employment, Industries Department, Tribal Affairs, Prisons, Information Technology, Food Citizen Representatives of Supply, Medical Education and Research Department, Energy, SJVN, Higher Education, Postal Department, Himachal AIDS Control Society, Tourism, Health Safety and Regulation/State Drug Controller and Rotary Club were present in the meeting.
Secretary Health gave valuable inputs to all the departments for the future strategy and instructed to run a special campaign for TB and HIV testing in all educational institutions, nursing training centers, medical institutions and industrial belts in the State.