(Agency) New Delhi, A new skin test for the diagnosis of TB will be launched soon. This low cost Made in India kit is very cheap. And it will benefit other countries as well.
The announcement was made by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandvia while addressing a meeting of the Stop TB Partnership via video conference from New Delhi.
He said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, some steps have been taken to turn disaster in India into an opportunity. These include the door-to-door campaign for TB biodegradation testing TB diagnosis with Kovid, the use of rapid molecular diagnostics and the use of artificial intelligence.