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Starts 3-month prevention course; generic low cost versions of J&J's MDR-TB drug likely to boost programme
The theme of 2023 World Tuberculosis Day is 'Yes! We can end TB!'
Updated On : 24 Mar 2023 | 12:10 PM ISTGovernor of Assam Prof Jagdish Mukhi adopted 10 tuberculosis (TB) patients of the State for 6 months as part of Nikshay Mitra, a community support initiative for TB patients
Updated On : 31 Jan 2023 | 5:10 PM ISTThe National Institute of Tuberculosis Research, Chennai, will start clinical trials of the new BCG vaccine for TB
Updated On : 06 Jan 2023 | 4:32 PM ISTWhile the number of TB cases fell from 2015 to 2016, the number of MDR TB cases increased by 13 per cent
In 2016 alone about 2.79 mn new cases of TB were detected in India and over 420,000 people lost their lives to the disease
The Indian government has already taken several steps over the past few years to address it
Praja Foundation alleges BMC's 2015 software prevents it from accessing its own data on mortality
Diagnosis and drug-resistant treatment are the two critical areas where India has lagged
India has not delivered because of poor investment and weak implementation, says Pai
It took the health system in Delhi 41 days to begin treatment for regular paediatric TB