UP Govt’s 100-day TB drive Identifies 53,251 cases in 56 Days
UP officials at TB screening Image credit UP Info Dept
Agra Reports Highest TB Cases with 2,057: UP Govt
By Raisina Correspondent
Lucknow, February 2: Uttar Pradesh’s 100-day intensive tuberculosis (TB) campaign, expanded on January 1, has identified nearly 40,000 patients within a month.
“As of now, a total of 53,251 TB cases have been detected since the campaign began on December 7,” said the UP government in a media statement.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Punya Salila Srivastava, recently visited Mathura. Dr. Shailendra Bhattnagar, the State Tuberculosis Officer, gave details of the outcome of the campaign in the state so far.
Bhatnagar highlighted that Mathura district leads the state in TB patient adoption under the Nikshay Mitra initiative, with 15,222 patients receiving support.
He noted that 53,251 TB patients have been identified so far, with treatment already underway for 36,295 of them. “The screening campaign has covered approximately three crore high-risk individuals across all 75 districts, with 1.72 crore people being screened for TB symptoms through X-rays and microscopic tests,” added Bhatnagar.
He also stated that “Agra has reported the highest number of TB patients, with 2,057 cases, while Sant Ravidas Nagar has the least with 131 cases”. “Other districts with significant cases include Sitapur (2,045), Lucknow (1,818), Aligarh (1,582), and Kanpur (1,536),” he added.
A total of 3,24,2026 Nikshay camps have been set up for TB screening and awareness, with an average of 4,604 camps held daily, said the state government.
“Additionally, 60,998 Nikshay Mitras have adopted approximately 182,182 TB patients, and 306,477 nutrition kits have been distributed,” added the UP government.
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The intensive 100-day TB campaign, which started on December 7 in 15 districts with higher TB-related deaths, was expanded across all 75 districts after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed the progress and instructed its statewide implementation in the last week of December.
The state government has identified high-risk groups for TB among the people above 60 years of age; patients with diabetes and HIV; individuals who have had TB in the past five years; people who have been in contact with someone who completed TB treatment within the last three years.
People living in slums, jails, old-age homes, etc., are also being screened. Besides, malnourished population with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 18.5 kg/m² is also under the screening, said the state government.
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