Dakshina Kannada MP Captain Brijesh Chowta on Thursday launched the district-level implementation of the ‘JOSH’ programme, initiated by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to strengthen efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) across the country.

Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the programme nationally through a video conference. In Mangaluru, MP Captain Brijesh Chowta formally launched the district-level initiative by watering a sapling at the District Health Officer’s office