Tag: tuberculosis
Kovind, Modi Urge Stakeholders To Help Eliminate TB By 2025
On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged all stakeholders to help eliminate the disease by 2025.....
Delhi Hospital Running In Dangerous Building, AAP MLA Atishi Posts Video
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi on Thursday visited the MCD-run Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis Hospital in the national capital, and expressed shock that the patients were being treated in a building that has been declared dangerous and could collapse any day. ....
India To Introduce Indigenous Tuberculosis Infection Skin Test 'c-TB'
Starting later this year, the Union government will introduce a newly approved 'Made in India' tuberculosis (TB) infection skin test called 'c-TB', Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Thursday in the national capital. ....
SC Directs Daily Dose Regime For TB Treatment
In a big boost to the tuberculosis control programme, the Supreme Court on Monday said all new tuberculosis patients will get doses of drugs on daily basis instead of thrice a week.....
China Reports 900,000 New TB Cases Every Year
China registers around 900,000 new cases of tuberculosis every year and remains among the 30 countries with the highest incidence of the disease, despite a decline in cases since 2011, health authorities said here on Friday.....
New Blood Test Identifies TB Infections Within Hours
US researchers said they have successfully developed a blood test that can rapidly diagnose and quantitate the severity of active tuberculosis (TB) cases, an important advance against the major global health threat, a media report said. ....
Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies In Its War On TB
India has over 850,000 private pharmacies or chemists nationwide; yet, only nine per cent of them have been engaged in efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), according to a January 2017 paper published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy.....
Delhi Police Officer Ends Life By Jumping Before Metro
A 52-year-old Assistant Sub-Inspector of Delhi Police on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a Metro train.....
Covid-19 May Lead To 95K Extra TB Deaths In India In 5 Years: Study
The Covid-19 pandemic may lead to 95,000 additional tuberculosis (TB) deaths in India in five years due to disruptions to health services, and delays to diagnosis and treatment, according to new estimates published in the European Respiratory Journal.....
