“Never Stop: Screening to Reduce Diagnostic Delays” is the campaign launched by Fujifilm India to increase awareness and eliminate the spread of tuberculosis in India. The medical device maker aims to increase awareness on TB and identify individuals suffering from TB symptoms in the marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society
Fujifilm India has launched this campaign in line with the government’s mission to make India TB free by 2025. The campaign has been launched in association with National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP). NTEP will help in TB testing and provide TB medicines as per the programme guidelines through its existing network of labs. The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union), which is a global leader in health of the lungs, will be lending a helping hand by providing technical support through the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) iDEFEAT TB Project.
A quarter of the overall global TB cases are still in India as per the Global Tuberculosis Report 2020. Fujifilm have always been committed to provide best healthcare innovations and technologies, along with best of efforts to improve health conditions across the world.
