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

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.