Dec 22- Goa is leveraging PPPs to implement advanced technologies, including AI-powered X-ray screening and NAAT machines for early detection of Tuberculosis. As part of nationwide ‘100 days of TB elimination’ campaign targeted campaigns are being taken up in vulnerable areas with involvement of influential personalities and active resident participation via the Nikshay Mitra initiative, informed Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane.He attended a virtual meeting of Union Health Minister J P Nadda with states across the country in this regards. Nadda emphasised the need for multi-level engagement, from state legislatures to Panchayati Raj Institutions, to strengthen the campaign’s impact, added Rane. Incidentally, _Nikshay Mitra _is an initiative that links TB patients in need with a willing donor to provide nutritious food kits every month, till the completion of treatment.
