Pledging to end TB by 2025, ahead of global target of 2030, Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates state of art lab at NCDC

New Delhi, July 31: Giving impetus to laboratory diagnosis of emerging diseases of public health importance, Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday inaugurated a state of the art laboratory complex at the National Centre for Disease Control.

 

“The NCDC has contributed phenomenally in elimination and eradication of several diseases of public health importance such as smallpox, polio, guinea worm and yaws”, he said at the 110th Annual Day celebrations of NCDC.

 

 

"Setting up of this state of art laboratory will give impetus to laboratory diagnosis of various emerging diseases of public health importance”, he said further while inaugurating the new building of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme.

Turing on the opportunity, the Heath Minister thanked PM Narendra Modi for his leadership under which India was witnessing the elimination of diseases like tuberculosis, leprosy, measles, malaria and kala azar where the NCDC was poised to play a very pivotal role.

“The Centre is committed to end TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global target of 2030”, he added congratulating NCDC for its contribution in containing Nipah. “The recent multi-sectoral response coordinated by the government for combating the outbreak in Kerala is another feather in its cap”, he lauded.

 

"It has strengthened the outbreak detection and response capacities and reduced turnaround time for quick decision making. We will take measures to further make it a state of the art emergency operations centre”, he signed off.