If BMC manages to accomplish this in time, this will still be five years earlier than the United Nation’s 2030 target.
According to The India TB Report 2022, the country experienced a 19% increase in tuberculosis cases in 2021 compared to the previous year. This is because the pandemic disrupted their treatment.
The BMC has urged citizens to contribute to the fight against TB by adopting patients under the Nikshay Mitra scheme and taking care of their nutritional and medical requirements.
Nikshay Mitras provide dry ration kits to patients for six months to three years. The kit costing Rs 500-900 a month comprises items like oil, cereal, pulses and jiggery as nutrition plays a huge role in combating the disease at an early stage.
Anyone can register on a digital portal that the government has developed through a public-private partnership. The goal is to reduce stigma around TB diseases, which can only be accomplished with community support, better care, and adoption of TB patients. So far, there are 7,000 Nikshay Mitras in Mumbai.
According to Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC’s executive health officer, 31,000 out of 40,000 patients have consented to get support from donors.
Nikshay Mitras can also finance diagnostic to help in diagnosis of TB, blood investigations, MRI, CT scan and other investigations.
These donors can also provide vocational help by in the way jobs or even help family members of patients from lower income groups. It is not just the patient, the entire family fights TB. Treatment goes on for one to two years and the whole family goes through hurdles. This is where Nikshay Mitras come in.
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