PM Modi addressed 'One World TB Summit' at Varanasi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 March addressed the 'One World TB Summit’ at Rudrakash Convention Centre, at Varanasi.

An overview of the news

• To mark World Tuberculosis Day, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and the Stop TB Partnership are organising the summit.

• On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, the PM addressed the One World TB Summit.

• International delegates from more than 30 countries participated in the event.

• During the event, PM launched various initiatives including TB-free Panchayat Initiative

• The official pan-India rollout of Abbreviated TB Preventive Treatment (TPT). Family Centered Care Model for TB and India's Annual TB Report 2023 released.

• In March 2018, during the 'End TB Summit' held in New Delhi, the Prime Minister called for India to achieve SDG targets related to TB by 2025, five years ahead of schedule.

• The One World TB Summit will provide an opportunity to further discuss the goals.

About Stop TB Partnership

• Stop TB Partnership was founded in 2001. 

• This is a United Nations-hosted organisation that amplifies the voices of the people, communities, and countries affected by TB.

• It aims to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem.

• Secretariat - Geneva, Switzerland.

Other projects launched by PM

• The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of the Passenger Ropeway from Varanasi Cantt Station to Godaulia.

• The PM also laid the foundation stone of a 55 MLD sewage treatment plant at Bhagwanpur under the Namami Gange scheme. It will be built at a cost of over Rs 300 crore.

• Under the Khelo India scheme, the foundation stone for Phase 2 and 3 of the redevelopment work of Sigra Stadium was laid by the Prime Minister.

• The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of an LPG bottling plant at Iswar village in Sewapuri.