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A new BCG vaccination campaign targeting high-risk adults was launched in Bengaluru to coincide with World TB Day, offering free vaccines to the elderly people.

Speaking at the event, state health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao observed that, despite medical advancements for the contagious disease, TB is a major public health challenge in India.