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The Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership, Dr Lucica Ditiu and her team on Thursday met the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya, and appreciated the "unprecedented leadership by the Government of India" in leading the global TB elimination response.Dr Ditiu also praised India's efforts by providing a strong vision, backed by effective management and expedited rollout of critical programmatic and policy interventions, including new diagnostic tests, social support initiatives and the accelerated efforts to develop a new TB vaccine. The discussion also focused on the strong leadership role being provided by India to eliminate TB, and the opportunity to raise the narrative on TB globally through India's upcoming G20 Presidency.Mandaviya also serves as the Chair of the Stop TB Partnership's Board till 2024. Dr Mandaviya agreed to host the Stop TB Partnership's 36th Board meeting on March 25-26, 2023, in Varanasi. The Board meeting will be preceded by a high-level event on March 24, 2023, which is also observed globally as World TB Day.The group also applauded the launch of the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan - through the initiative, over 40,492 donors have come forward to support over 10,45,269 patients across the country. This includes providing additional social support to TB patients in overcoming treatment and its benefits to create a community-led movement to end TB. Dr Ditiu also committed to supporting ten TB patients through this initiative.The 'Stop TB Partnership' is an international organization working to align stakeholders from across the world, with a mission to serve every person who is vulnerable to TB and ensure that high-quality diagnosis, treatment and care are available to all who need it. It was founded in 2001 and its Secretariat is hosted by United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Geneva, Switzerland.Through its more than 1700 partners, including international and technical organizations, government programmes, research and funding agencies, foundations, NGOs, civil society, community groups and the private sector, it possesses expertise in medical, social and financial aspects to defeat TB. The 'Stop TB Partnership' a public-private partnership is governed by the Board. At present, Hon'ble Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare is heading the board of Stop TB Partnership as Chairperson for three years term till 2024 and is representing India's commitment to supporting the global cause of TB.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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