Our Correspondent Kohima, Sep. 27 (EMN): Governor of Nagaland, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi on Tuesday said that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing an ambitious national strategic plan to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the global SDG target of 2030, asserting that the economic burden of this public health crisis is significant in terms of lives, income and workdays. He stated this while addressing the 35th Annual General Meeting (AGM) ceremonial function of the Indian Red Cross Society Nagaland (IRCSN) at Dr. Imkongliba Hall, Raj Bhavan, Kohima. ‘Since the challenge of TB requires multi-sectoral response to address social determinants like nutritional support, vocational support, more access to diagnostic and treatment services etc., the community and institutions play a critical role in filling the gaps and addressing the social determinants, thereby contributing to the national goal’, he said. “Here the Red Cross can participate in the nu