Kerala has emerged as the only State to be placed in the Silver category in the Union Health Ministry’s just-concluded Subnational Certification of Efforts Towards Elimination of TB. The award, which carries a cash prize of ₹50 lakh and a citation, will be presented by the Union Health Minister on Thursday, World TB Day.
The State was accorded the honour for reducing the incidence of Tuberculosis by over 40% between 2015 and 2021. Moreover, every district in Kerala, except Kozhikode, has been placed in either Gold, Silver or Bronze category.
Last year, the State was placed in the Bronze category for reducing TB incidence by 37.5% between 2015 and 2020.
