Inaugurating the 69th Foundation Day celebrations of the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute (VPCI), Union Health Minister J P Nadda today said the government has rolled out a new 'National Strategic Plan' (NSP) to eradicate tuberculosis from the country by 2025.
He said the VPCI and the health ministry should work together towards achieving this target.
"The target of eliminating TB by 2025 is quite ambitious. We are aiming to reach 3 million TB patients, which means we would reach out to additional 1.1 million missing patients," Nadda was quoted as saying in a statement by the health ministry.
"I expect a major role to be played by the institute in achieving success in this ambitious goal of ending TB by 2025, as they have rich experience in the field of chest infections," he said.
On the occasion, he released a compendium on the list of research publications of VPCI from 1949 to 2017 and unveiled the 'Daily Digital Pollen Count Information for Public'.
On the government's Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) that will cover to over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families by providing coverage up to 5 lakh per family annually, Nadda said more than 1,300 packages are included in the NHPM.
The VPCI, with its experience in curing chest infections, can contribute in these packages, he said.
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