Our News Bureau – Mumbai
In order to commemorate World TB Day, the REACH Lilly MDR-TB Partnership Media Awards 2012 were presented to journalists to recognise outstanding and effective reporting on tuberculosis (TB) and felicitate the winners of a short film competition,‘TB Tales’.
The awards were presented by the chief guest, Agatha K Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development. The winners were felicitated by the Guests of Honour – Supriya Sahu, Information and Broadcasting Ministry Joint Secretary, and Dr Ashok Kumar, Deputy Director General, Health and Family Welfare Ministry’s Central TB Control Division. A special citation was awarded to Anuradha Mascarenhas of The Indian Express, Pune for her unrelenting efforts in reporting on the disease.
Sangma said, “The media/entertainment industry is playing a vital role in the fight against TB by informing the public about TB and bringing key issues to the forefront. The time has come to recognise and acknowledge this effort to address a disease as deadly as TB.”
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