![]() | Covid health infra can now be used for TB management: Dr Soumya SwaminathanWe have the latest technology, and new platforms like mRNA platform, viral vector platform, and others, which were used to tackle Covid. We should use them to manage TB eradication also.” |
![]() | Action plan to make Vizianagaram free of TBAfter adopting 95 patients in district, 20 Ni-Kshay Mitras are providing food baskets worth Rs 700 every month |
![]() | Tuberculosis cases record nine per cent spike in Coimbatore districtThe Union government is implementing the National Tuberculosis Eradication Programme in order to eradicate TB by the year 2025. |
![]() | TB cases rose by 18 per cent in Covid-hit 2021: WHOIndia was among the three countries — others being Indonesia and the Philippines — that accounted for most of the reduction in 2020 (67 per cent of the global total). |
![]() | India in top 30 with highest Tuberculosis burdenIndia stands in the top 30 countries carrying the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) cases across the world. |
![]() | WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in yearsWHO blamed COVID-19 for much of the rise in TB, saying the pandemic “continues to have a damaging impact on access to TB diagnosis and treatment.” |
![]() | 83 mitras extend support to 30K TB patients in TSHowever, the campaign received tremendous response, covering all the patients in the following two days. |
![]() | Now, adopt a TB patient, sponsor treatment‘9.4L of 13.5L patients have given consent’ |
![]() | IISc-Bangalore designs new method to deliver TB vaccineResearchers from the IISc have designed a new method to deliver a vaccine candidate for tuberculosis (TB). |
![]() | Dr Bharat Jayram Venkat speaks on writing a book on India’s battle against tuberculosisDr Bharat Jayram Venkat speaks with Neha Kirpal about writing a book on India’s battle against tuberculosis, discovering myths around it, and the future of cure. |
![]() | Centre calls for corporate, community contributions in campaign against TBDriven primarily by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the programme, to be formally launched on August 20, is primarily aimed at providing nutritional support to TB patients. |
![]() | Centre to launch new anti-TB programme focused on nutritionOne of the main thrust areas of the programme will involve encouraging adopting TB patients so that their nutritional needs are met. |
![]() | Tiruchy district's tuberculosis mortality rate increased by 1 per cent every year since 2019: SourcesThe district's annual tuberculosis mortality rate has recorded an increase over three years. The rate, which stood at 7% in 2019, rose to 8% in 2020, and 9% in 2021, sources said. |
![]() | Tuberculosis cases in Villupuram down by 20 per cent in the past seven years, say district officialsMore cases were being reported from the district because most of the population are involved in manual labour and some were living in poor conditions. |
![]() | Fund crunch: Construction work at Rajan Babu tuberculosis hospital in Delhi comes to haltDoctors say walls are ridden with mould, which may lead to respiratory diseases, posing threat to patients |
![]() | An ode to nursesPaying tribute to the nursing community, former MLA Ivan Nigli turns producer of an upcoming Kannada film on September 13. |
![]() | Coughing up woes at Bhalswa landfill yardBreathing issues, cough, fever, skin rashes, tuberculosis (TB), upset stomach, diarrhoea are some of the issues that the residents near Bhalswa landfill yard have been witnessing on a daily basis. |
![]() | Tuberculosis testing lab in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital starts trial runAccording to TB Prevention Project officials, there are two types of TB - Sensitive and Drug-Resistant- that can be detected in the initial testing. |
![]() | Mastermind of Rs 400 crore Citibank scam Shivraj Puri dies of TB in prisonThis is the third Bhondsi prison inmate to die after suffering from TB in the last 18 days, a senior official said. |
![]() | 'Made in India' skin test for TB to be launched soon amid bid to be free of disease by 2025Announcing the ‘Made in India’ skin test for TB, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the cost-effective kit will also be of immense benefit to other high burden countries |
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