Tribal TB Initiative

On 24^th August, 2022, Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Tuberculosis (TB) division of Ministry of Health and Family welfare organized a national conclave at the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) to disseminate the learnings of the 100-day Aashwasan Campaign under ‘Tribal TB Initiative’.

• Tribal TB Initiative is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Central TB Division, Ministry of Health, supported by USAID as technical partner and Piramal Swasthya as implementing partner.
• The campaign to detect TB cases across 174 tribal districts started in January, 2022 under the Aashwasan Campaign, under which door-to-door screening was done in over 68,000 villages.