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TB services are free of cost in India's public health system, and government TB clinics are doing great work in diagnosing and treating TB. But we do need trained community healthcare workers-the likes of Pinky and Sunil- powered by models like of Humana- to complement the work of government health personnel, in our quest to #FindAllTB, #TreatAllTB and #PreventAllTB.

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(Shobha Shukla is the award-winning founding Managing Editor and Executive Director of CNS and is a feminist, health and development justice advocate. She is a former senior Physics faculty of prestigious Loreto Convent College and current Coordinator of Asia Pacific Regional Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media) and Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA - winner of 2024 AMR One Health Emerging Leaders and Outstanding Talents Award). She also coordinates SHE & Rights Media Initiative (Sexual health with equity and rights). Follow her on Twitter @shobha1shukla or read her writings here www.bit.ly/ShobhaShukla)

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