Announcing that the country has witnessed a 13 per cent reduction in TB incidence from 2015 to 2022, he said India has even surpassed the global reduction rate of 10 per cent.
Dr Mandaviya also emphasized the significance of the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, scheduled for September, as an opportunity to evaluate the collective progress made towards ending TB.
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Lien Huong affirmed Vietnam’s appreciation of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s close technical partnership with its Government, while attending the 76th World Health Assembly (WHA76) in Geneva on May 23.
KATHMANDU, May 20: Minister for Health and Population Mohan Bahadur Basnet has left early today for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 76th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body the World Health Organization (WHO).
Mandaviya will be holding many bilateral meetings with his counterparts from different countries including Singapore, France, and the Netherlands, sources said.