<span style="color: #222222;">Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya today said that India turned crisis into an opportunity to augment Tuberculosis elimination activities by launching new initiatives like 'bi-directional testing' of TB with COVID, use of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Tools. He was addressing the 35th Board meeting of the Stop TB Partnership through video-conference. He informed that a new initiative, 'Adopt people with TB' will be launched this year, based on Indian values of collectivism.<br />''<br />'' The initiative will call upon corporates, industries, organisations, political parties and individuals to come forward and adopt TB infected people and family and provide them with nutritional and social support. Emphasizing on strengthening TB prevention activities, Dr Mandaviya announced that starting later this year, government will introduce a newly approved 'Made in India' TB infection skin test called 'c-TB'. He stated that this cost-effective tool will be of immense benefit to other high burden countries as well.</span><br />