Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda, today, chaired a high-level review meeting with the Health Minister and senior officials of Haryana to evaluate healthcare delivery and strengthen the implementation of national health programmes. Key focus areas included public health system strengthening, patient-centric care, regulatory supervision, and the elimination of tuberculosis (TB) as a public health challenge.

Mr Nadda reaffirmed the Government’s resolve to eliminate tuberculosis and stressed the need for targeted, district-level interventions with intensified focus on screening, diagnostics, treatment adherence, and nutritional support. He highlighted that AI-enabled handheld X-ray units have been introduced to strengthen community-level TB screening, while NAAT machines have been made available at the block level to enable early detection of TB.

He underscored that TB elimination must be pursued in mission mode with close monitoring at district and block levels. Emphasising the need for robust drug regulation, the Union Health Minister observed that continuous monitoring across the pharmaceutical supply chain is indispensable for ensuring the quality and safety of medicines. He urged authorities to institutionalise best regulatory practices and treat improvements in patient satisfaction, regulatory oversight, and compliance as a sustained priority.