Indian Express: Country must unite in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025

Published on January 4, 2020

Written by Dr Harsh Vardhan | Updated: January 4, 2020 12:57:45 pm

At the End TB Summit, 2018, the prime minister of India made a bold commitment to end tuberculosis by 2025 — five years ahead of the global target. To many, this goal may seem unattainable, but as someone who has worked at the grass roots all his life and had the privilege to dream of a polio-free India — and work for it for almost two decades — I believe it is possible, if we come together as a country to fight TB the way we did for polio.

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