Laboratories for Cultures and Screening Tests
C&DST (Culture and Drug Sensitivity Testing) Laboratories are situated at a few selected locations throughout the state, mostly within the IRL, and started offering tests like the Line Probe Assay and Solid and Liquid Culture. These labs provide process ads and refuse predisposing testing facilities for an amount of Anti-TB drugs.
National Tuberculosis Elimination Program
The Indian government wanted to get rid of tuberculosis through a program which is known as The National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP). The national tuberculosis program was launched in 1962. This tuberculosis program in India has led the country’s efforts to fight tuberculosis from a technical and management point of view. According to the National Strategic Plan 2017–25, the program aims to make India “TB-free.”