During the meeting, GPC Gopal Pertin appreciated the health department for organizing such an awareness meeting in their village to spread the message on TB.
According to India's estimates of TB cases attributable to selected comorbidities in 2021 as per the WHO's Global TB Report 2022 include malnourishment (7.38 lakh), harmful level of alcohol consumption (2.58 lakh), smoking (1.10 lakh), diabetes (1.05 lakh), and HIV (93,000). Alcohol use disorder is an important risk factor for TB.
Speaking at the international seminar 'One World TB Summit' held at the Rudraksha Convention Center on World TB Day, CM Yogi Adityanath stated, "The state government has so far paid Rs 422 crore through DBT for nutritional assistance to the state's TB patients. We are committed to keeping the 25 crore population of UP healthy."