The campaign is also a part of the 'Corporate TB Pledge (CTP)', a USAID supported initiative launched with the Government of India in 2019 to galvanize India's corporate sector to combat TB, raise awareness of TB as a curable disease, and, ultimately, improve TB health outcomes.
The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union), a global leader in lung health, will provide technical support through the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID iDEFEAT TB Project.
Through its existing network of labs, the NTEP will help in TB testing and provide TB medicines as per the program guidelines. In line with the government's mission to make India TB free by 2025, Fujifilm India has launched this campaign in association with National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP). Sonika (IAS), Managing Director, National Health Mission, and Dr Mayank Badola, STO, Dehradun will be flagging off the mobile van specialized to screen TB patients in the selected pockets of Dehradun, Haridwar, Rudrapur and Haldwani. Tripti Bahuguna, Director-General, Health Services, Ms. The mobile Van will cover over 27 locations in 9 states in the next nine months, starting from Delhi.Īfter successfully propagating the awareness regarding the deadly disease and mobilizing communities to take steps for elimination of TB in Delhi, the Van moved to Dadri, Uttar Pradesh and has now arrived in Dehradun.
Under the "Never Stop: Screening to Reduce Diagnostic Delays" campaign, Fujifilm India aims to increase awareness on TB and identify individuals having TB symptoms among vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society by introducing a mobile van with an X-ray facility along with a field team and community volunteers. Dehradun, 18 September 2021: Fujifilm India Pvt Ltd, a leader in diagnostic imaging and medical system technology as part of its National Campaign Drive to increase awareness and eliminate Tuberculosis, takes a step ahead and reaches the cities in Uttarakhand.
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