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Our CorrespondentKohima, Aug. 11 (EMN): The State Tuberculosis Forum (STF) has advocated organising sensitisation programmes to eliminate tuberculosis from India by 2025 as envisaged by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The issue was taken up for discussion during a meeting held in the conference hall of the commissioner and secretary of Health and Family Welfare’s office in Kohima on Thursday. The meeting was presided over by the secretary of Health and Family Welfare, Asangla Imti, which was attended by officials from the Health department and other partners. The objective of TB Forum was presented by Dr. Collins Z Sono, WHO medical consultant, wherein he highlighted that the Prime Minister of India launched the TB-free India campaign during ‘Delhi End TB Summit’ on March13, 2018. While the campaign called for a social movement focused on patient-centric and holistic care driven by integrated actions for TB-free India, he stated that the union health minister launched the “T