The Central TB division presented five districts in the state with “silver” for reduction of 40 per cent and nine “bronze” honors for observing a 20 per cent drop in cases from the baseline.
Despite the fact that the Karnataka has been hit by three waves of the pandemic, the State Tuberculosis Division has received 14 awards for its annual performance.
Under the initiative of “Sub-National Certification of Progress Towards TB Free Status”, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recognises and awards the best performing districts and State for reducing the TB burden as compared to 2015.
Congratulating the TB officers and health care staff working towards making Karnataka TB-free, Dr K Sudhakar, Minister for Health and Family Welfare took to twitter and announced the winning districts.
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