What is TB?
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
In humans, TB most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB), but it can also affect other organs (extra-pulmonary TB).
TB is a treatable and curable disease.
Transmission
TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air.
Symptoms
Cough with sputum and blood at times, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats.
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What is Nikshay Mitra programme?
It is a component of PM TB mukt abhiyan
It is to ensure additional diagnostic, nutritional, and vocational support to those on TB treatment.
It is basically a crowdfunding model.
Ni-kshay Mitra (Donor) are those who can support by adopting health facilities (for individual donor), blocks/urban wards/districts/states for accelerating response against TB to complement government efforts.
Any individual or organisation can register as Ni-kshay Mitra on the Ni-kshay 2.0 portal to support people affected by the disease
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The minimum period of commitment for providing the support to the TB patient will be one year.
The donors include cooperative societies, corporates, elected representatives, individuals, institutions, non-governmental organisations, political parties and partners willing to adopt the health facilities (for individual donor).
The State and the district administration would support the donors in prioritising the districts and in providing guidance on the critical gap analysis and district-specific needs.
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