GLRA India

17/04/2026

Today marks World Hemophilia Day 2026. This year's theme, "Diagnosis, First Step to Care," highlights a major hurdle in global hematology: the diagnostic gap.
In many regions, severe bleeding disorders remain undiagnosed, leading to preventable complications. By strengthening laboratory capacities and training healthcare providers to recognize early symptoms, we can bridge the divide between a patient and the treatment they need.

27/03/2026

https://spannews.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/tuberculosis-the-way-forward-on-world-tb-day/

Yes! We Can End TBLed by Bharat, Powered by Janbhagidari TB is an age-old disease that mainly affects the lungs, but it can also affect any part of the body except nails and hair. Though, TB is pre…

27/03/2026

https://www.theweek.in/konnect/economy/2026/03/23/world-tb-day-2026.html

GLRA India’s current focus on and reflects long experience. Children with are frequently undiagnosed, and women often face delayed testing due to stigma and care-seeking barriers. TB elimination will remain elusive unless these groups are deliberately prioritised.
National targets matter, but targets alone do not cure TB. Progress depends on finding every case, supporting every patient, and staying engaged until treatment is complete. On World TB Day, GLRA India reaffirms a simple but demanding commitment:
“Find TB early, treat it completely, and ensure no one is left behind.”

Must read!
Authored Article by Mr. Vinay Kumar, Former Advisor, Ministry of Science and Technology and Trustee, GLRA India.

Vinay Kumar Former Advisor, Ministry of Science & Technology Board Member, GLRA India Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest

24/03/2026

This and animated video captures more than just a slum; it holds resilience, struggles, hope, and strength. Every house has a voice, every wall carries a history, and every face reflects a journey we often overlook.
Look closer. Listen deeper. Remember, this is not just a story.

24/03/2026

Mr. Vinay Kumar, Trustee, GLRA India and former Advisor, Ministry of Science and Technology, authored article published in by The Week Magazine on the observance of .

20/03/2026

𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗕!

On observance, GLRA India conducted a TB awareness campaign on 18 March 2026 at TSL Bhiwandi, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗱𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮 𝗞𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘆𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗮, Padgha, reaching over 300 students.

What made the day truly impactful was not just participation but the energy and ownership shown by the students. The creative competitions take place from drawing & rangoli to races & musical chairs, and the important messages on tuberculosis were communicated in ways that were both relatable and memorable.

12/03/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻

𝖠𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗐𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖡𝗁𝗂𝗐𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂, 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗋𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄. 𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗂𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝖾𝖺, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗐𝖺𝗒.

𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇, 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇:
“𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬?”

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗒, “𝖨 𝖽𝗈… 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽.”

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝖡 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅, 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗎𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝖡 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗒.

𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒. 𝖡𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗀𝗈, 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽.
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09/03/2026

𝐀 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝖦𝖺𝗃𝗈𝖽𝗁𝖺𝗋, 𝖺 𝟥𝟪-𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋-𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖦𝗎𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆, 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽. 𝖫𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌, 𝗂𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝖻𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾.

𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖽𝗁𝖺𝖻𝖺, 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖳𝗎𝖻𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 GLRA India 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 German Leprosy and TB Relief Association (DAHW). 𝖠𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗒𝗆𝗉𝗍𝗈𝗆𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗋.

𝖧𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗎𝗅𝗍: 𝖳𝖡 𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒.

𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍, 𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒. 𝖳𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖳𝖡 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆:

“𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.”

𝖲𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌, 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾-𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾.

09/03/2026

GLRA India launched a new initiative, "Promoting Inclusive Communities for Social Justice & Empowering People with Disabilities," in Kannur, Kerala, India. The project is jointly funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany & DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, to achieve a sustainable improvement in healthcare for Persons with Disabilities and their social and economic integration into society.

06/03/2026

Children of can face a higher risk of if Tuberculosis in adults remains unnoticed, undetected or untreated. Major reasons are Long travel routes, crowded halt points, and delayed health check-ups can increase exposure. When an infected individual returns home, TB bacteria can spread through the air while or , putting at greater risk whose immunity is still developing.

Early screening, awareness, and timely treatment under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme ( ) are crucial to protect , their , and especially their children.

Let's ensure early diagnosis and uninterrupted treatment, we can safeguard every child and move closer to a TB-free future.

05/03/2026

According to the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis Report 2025, tuberculosis remains a major public health challenge worldwide, and India continues to carry the highest TB burden. In 2024, India accounted for about one in every four TB cases globally, with an estimated 187 cases per 100,000 population, though the country has achieved a 21% decline in incidence since 2015. While progress has been made, accelerating early diagnosis, strengthening community awareness, and ensuring uninterrupted treatment remain critical to achieving a TB-Free India.

With the continued support of DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, GLRA India has been making significant progress in TB Elimination in Gurugram, Bhiwandi, and Lucknow.

02/03/2026

Ending TB is not the responsibility of one sector alone; it is a shared movement. When countries lead with strong policies and investments, and people drive change through awareness, community action, and survivor voices, real progress becomes possible.

🚩 Strong leadership
🤝 Community participation
⚡ Faster diagnosis & better treatment

Through its focused interventions, GLRA India, in partnership with DAHW Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe e.V., is supporting trucker communities with access to TB screening, awareness, and care services, ensuring that no one is left behind.

Together, we can accelerate action and move closer to a TB Mukt Bharat.