Page 4 - Tuberculosis

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Are we under-reporting the death toll?

A vacation-like quarantine experience in Nagaland, bad press for quarantine centres in Ahmedabad, small town in UP stands firm against Covid-news on how India is dealing with pandemic

WHO endorses ICMR's Truenat tests to detect TB, rifampicin resistance

Rifampicin is a standardised drug that is used to treat Tuberculosis

India notified 2.4 mn tuberculosis cases, 79,144 deaths in 2019: Govt

On the basis of the score in State TB Index, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and HP were the best-performing states for tuberculosis control under the category of states with 5 mn population

Covid-19 in perspective

Indians have long seen deadlier diseases. We need to take all precautions and get on with our lives

India coronavirus dispatch: How to make India truly self-reliant, confident

From reviving a broken economy, to implementing personal and public health measures, and why it's important to know if Covid-19 spreads through sewage - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Lockdown hits production of anti-TB drugs, health min seeks to ban export

In a letter to various departments, the health ministry has said the "situation calls for extraordinary measures" to make sure that TB patients do not face challenges in diagnosis or treatment.

Clinics in Davos that once tackled TB now treat burnout, depression

The World Economic Forum, held in Davos, has devoted sessions this year to discussions on how to lead a healthy organisation and a mindfulness retreat to help participants lower their blood pressure

Disruptive innovation can root out TB, says India Health Fund CEO

Manoj Kumar talks about his contribution to challenging TB and the use of technology aggregation in it

Intravenous TB vaccination more effective than other methods: Study

In a study, published in the journal Nature, the scientists showed that simply changing the way the vaccine is administered could dramatically boost its protective power

India has largest number of multidrug-resistant TB cases, says MoS Health

Prime Minister had launched 'TB Free India' campaign on March 13, 2018 to end TB in India by 2025

Deaths due to TB down 19% between 2010-2018: Govt tells Lok Sabha

The total number of deaths due to TB, including TB HIV, have reduced by 19 per cent in India from 5,57,000 in 2010 to 4,49,000 in 2018

Johnson & Johnson to expand its anti-TB programme in India

Programme aims to broaden access to treatment for multidrug-resistant strain, improve detection, build critical health systems, and raise awareness about TB at community level

Anti-tuberculosis drug market continues to shrink for private firms

Lupin, the largest player in India's anti-TB market, too admitted that in anti-TB segment, the focus on branded business has declined in the past few years

Despite free treatment, 25% Indian TB patients had to sell assets to pay

Out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenses drove 55 million Indians--more than the population of South Korea, Spain or Kenya--into poverty in 2011-12

Fit & Proper: Let's look at the five crucial facts about tuberculosis

TB is caused by a type of air-borne bacteria that mainly attacks and infects the lungs

India's drug-resistant TB patients face late diagnoses, confusing treatment

India also has the highest share (24%) of drug-resistant TB cases, i.e. patients resistant to one or more first line drugs used to treat the more common, drug-sensitive TB

Fighting tuberculosis: Why other states should follow Telangana and Andhra

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have thousands of unqualified traditional practitioners who mainly work within communities and wield trust among them

Fighting drug-resistant TB: What India can learn from S Africa's success

If India follows new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in August 2018 and reiterated on December 21, 2018, other drug-resistant TB patients will not have to struggle similarly

India needs to fight multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, before it gets late

If India follows new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in August 2018 and reiterated on December 21, 2018, other drug-resistant TB patients will not have to struggle similarly

Over 800,000 TB patients receive benefit from DBT scheme, says minister

The Minister also stated that the ministry has provided detailed guidance to the states and UTs on how DBT is to be operationalized