Tuberculosis Association of India-In a torchbearers role

摘要

Tuberculosis has been a major public health problem in the country but it was only in the year 1912 that the then Government appointed Dr. A. Lankaster to undertake an in depth assessment of situation and thus the enormity of the problem was realized. However, in the absence of any effective treatment, the government efforts in combating the disease were only halfhearted. It was primarily philanthropic societies and voluntary organizations who took the lead in focusing on the issues. Gradually the momentum picked up and in the year 1929, King George V Thanks giving Anti-Tuberculosis Fund was created, which primarily focused on health education, establishing a few TB clinics and training health workers.