Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 4 Jun 2026
“We will intensify existing efforts to ensure elimination of TB, Leprosy, Lymphatic Filariasis, Measles and Rubella, Trachoma, and Kala Azar by facilitating timely testing and access to medicines.”
Disease-elimination efforts have produced notable results: India was declared free of trachoma as a public health problem (announced in October 2024 by the WHO South-East Asia Region), and the kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) elimination target (fewer than 1 case per 10,000 at block level) was achieved across endemic blocks. The National TB Elimination Programme, with intensified case-finding (Ni-kshay) and the 100-day TB campaign, continues toward TB elimination, and lymphatic filariasis, measles-rubella and leprosy elimination drives are ongoing. Substantial progress, with TB, leprosy and LF elimination not yet fully achieved. Partial (strong progress).
India declared to have eliminated trachoma as a public health problem (WHO South-East Asia Region), one of the diseases targeted in the pledge.
View sourceWe will strengthen our traditional means including Yoga and Meditation, and also enhance the scope and coverage of mental health initiatives like Manas and Manodarpan.
We will strengthen the efforts being made to increase the training capacity for paramedics, technicians, pharmacists and nurses.
We will encourage and extend support to Bharatiya vaccine manufacturers and biopharma companies in various capacities to boost production and distribution and aim to reduce our timeline for vaccine manufacturing.
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