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Mumbai: Central govt’s budget cuts render TB champions jobless
Updated On: 15 June, 2024 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
With a 40 per cent cut in funding, BMC forced to shut down crucial programme to counsel TB patients
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The programme provided a fixed monthly salary of R10,000 to the TB champions. Representation pic
Approximately 25 to 30 tuberculosis survivors are facing unemployment without prior notice after serving as patient counsellors in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation`s TB department. Officials from the state TB department said this is because the central government has reduced Maharashtra`s TB control funding by 40 per cent, which may lead to several community-oriented initiatives being put on hold.
The TB survivors were referred to as `TB champions` under the programme, which began in November, 2021. Their everyday role included creating support groups and counseling patients and their families.
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