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Mumbai: BMC set to screen 40 lakh citizens for TB, leprosy
Updated On: 24 September, 2022 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
As the COVID-19 pandemic had brought screening for other ailments to a halt, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation now plans to screen more than 40 lakh residents
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The BMC has once again launched a campaign to find tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy patients. As part of this initiative, civic teams will knock on the doors of over 9.86 lakh houses in the city from Monday.
The move is a part of its aim to achieve its target to make Mumbai free of TB by 2025 and the Centre’s aim to end leprosy by 2030.
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