India's Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (PMTBMBA) launched in 2022 aims to eliminate TB by which year, and its central feature is:

• A 2030; universal BCG revaccination at age 5
• B 2025; Ni-kshay Mitra nutritional and vocational support for TB patients ✓
• C 2025; mandatory molecular testing (CBNAAT) at all primary health centres
• D 2030; free bedaquiline therapy for all MDR-TB patients

Explanation

PMTBMBA was launched in September 2022 with the goal of eliminating TB by 2025 (five years ahead of the global SDG target of 2030). Its hallmark feature is the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative, through which elected representatives, corporate entities, and individuals can 'adopt' TB patients to provide nutritional supplements, vocational support, and adherence assistance. This addresses the socioeconomic determinants of TB. BCG revaccination and universal CBNAAT are separate policy elements, not the central feature of PMTBMBA.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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