Kanpur: The Tuberculosis department is making continuous efforts to make TB-free India campaign successful by emphasizing on quick examination and treatment of the disease. To achieve this goal, the department is set to commence an active case-finding campaign to identify TB patients from November 23, 2023 in the city.District TB officer RP Mishra on Friday trained medical officers of all TB units of the district TB disease center.Mishra said, Twenty per cent of the population will be screened under the special campaign. Immediate treatment will be provided tot those who test positive.As per government guidelines, an Active Case Finding (ACF) campaign would be conducted from November 23 to December 5 and several other activities to increase sensitization towards TB will be conducted between November 20 and December 31, he added. Deputy district tuberculosis officer, Rajeshwar Singh said that a total of 335 teams and 67 supervisors have been deployed for the campaign, during which, sensitization would be done against TB by organizing camps in residential complexes like orphanages, old age homes, Nari Niketan, child protection homes, madrassas and hostels and sputum samples of the symptomatic person would be collected, he told TOI.tnnWe also published the following articles recentlyMolecular testing to replace age-old sputum to detect TBMolecular tests are set to replace sputum microscopy as the initial test for tuberculosis (TB) detection. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of rapid molecular tests for early detection and higher diagnostic accuracy. While the small state of Goa in India has already made the switch, Maharashtra is lagging behind. Talks are underway to acquire more Truenat machines, a made-in-India innovation, to help Maharashtra move towards complete molecular testing. The choice between GeneXpert and Truenat machines depends on factors such as cost, versatility, and portability.NISAR testing gains pace, Isro looks at 2 launches in November-DecemberThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) plans to launch at least two more missions this year, including the SPADEX mission for establishing a space station by 2035 and lunar sample return missions to put humans on the Moon by 2040. ISRO chairman S Somanath stated that the agency is targeting November-December for the launches, one using the PSLV and the other using the GSLV-Mk2. The GSLV-Mk2 launch is also important as it prepares the launch vehicle for the NASA-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) in early 2024. NISAR will provide data on Earths ecosystems, ice mass, and natural hazards.Priyanka to campaign in 2 segmentsCongress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will be conducting street-corner meetings and public meetings, as well as interacting with women in Asifabad and Khanapur constituencies. She will visit the Nagoba temple, distribute pamphlets of Congress six guarantees, and potentially cook and travel with tribal women. Priyanka will fly back to Nanded after completing her campaign before the cricket World Cup finals on Sunday.

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