National Conference and Policy Dialogue on Tuberculosis held at AIIMS Rishikesh

14 October 2026

A National Conference and Policy Dialogue on Tuberculosis was held at AIIMS Rishikesh on 9 October 2026.
Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd.) took part, along with Health Minister Subodh Uniyal.
The conference was organised with the Policy Resilience Foundation, whose Director is Nandish R. Paithani, with Dr. Pratima Gupta as organising chairperson; the Executive Director of AIIMS Rishikesh is Professor Meenu Singh.
The use of drones by AIIMS Rishikesh to deliver tuberculosis medicines to remote areas was highlighted as a model for mountainous regions.
The Governor said that ending tuberculosis needs timely diagnosis, nutrition, public awareness and community participation besides medicine, and called for an end to stigma around the disease.
The Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, the Nikshay Mitra initiative and TB Mukt Panchayat were cited at the conference.