Dr Harsh Vardhan Appointed As Chairman Of ‘Stop TB Partnership Board’

• 18 Mar 2021

• Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan has been appointed as the Chairman of the international body Stop TB Partnership Board.
• He was appointed in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the movement to eradicate Tuberculosis from India by 2025.
• Dr Harsh Vardhan will serve a three-year term, commencing from July this year.
• The Stop TB Partnership is a unique international body with the power to align actors all over the world in the fight against TB.
• Established in the year 2000, the ‘Stop TB Partnership’ is mandated to eliminate Tuberculosis as a public health problem.