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5 villages identified for TB eradication programme [1]

PANJIM: The quarterly meeting of TB forum of the Voluntary Health Association of Goa on Monday identified five villages where steps would be taken to create awareness about tuberculosis and help villagers to move towards elimination of the disease.

The villages are Parra, Karapur-Sarvan, Pariyem-Sanquelim, Betki and Carambolim. Executive Director VHAG Dr Cynthia Pinto said these villages have been identified under Axshya project, which was implemented in Goa in 2011 to improve the reach, visibility and effectiveness of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) through civil society.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2012
Herald (Panjim) [2]
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Goa [3], North Goa [4], Tuberculosis [5], Diseases [6], Statistics [7], NGO [8], Health Care [9], Health [10]
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