Josh Teams launched in Cuddalore to intensify TB awareness and prevention

District Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar is launching the JOSH team in Cuddalore. | Photo credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Sibi District Collector Adhithya Senthil Kumar on Thursday launched the Josh (Joint Squad for Health) team initiative under Tuberculosis Free India campaign in Cuddalore Collectorate to strengthen Tuberculosis (TB) prevention, awareness and community engagement across the district.

The Collector said that District and Block Coordination Committees have been set up to scale up TB eradication activities. Each block level team would include a nodal officer, a coordinator, five MY Bharat volunteers and five National Cadet Corps volunteers.

The teams will support TB prevention efforts, bring awareness messages to rural communities and encourage greater public participation in measures taken to combat the disease, he said.

Mr. Kumar said that nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) are used for accurate diagnosis of tuberculosis. Field teams also visited villages to carry out X-ray examinations on people with symptoms. Various measures have been implemented under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program to eliminate TB and create a TB-free India by 2030.

Published – 9 Oct 2026 20:16 IST