Healthcare personnel of a panchayat ranked Gold for excelling in treatment of TB patient, being felicitated during the World TB Day function in Udupi on Tuesday.
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The Centre has notified 71 panchayats of Dakshina Kannada and 64 panchayats in Udupi district as free from Tuberculosis.
Dakshina Kannada District Tuberculosis Control Officer M.P. Khathija Dilshad told The Hindu that a panchayat is notified to be free of Tuberculosis by taking into consideration six different yardsticks. It includes panchayat reporting less than 1 TB case, and doing more than 30 tests, for every 1000 population of the village. Success rate of treatment being more than 85% is the third yardstick.
Published – March 24, 2026 09:43 pm IST
