Global tuberculosis report 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s 2021
Tuberculosis (TB)
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Tweaked pharmacy referral model increases TB case-finding
25 times increase was seen in TB diagnosis when pharmacies referred symptomatic TB patients for X-ray followed by doctor consultation By slightly changing the way private pharmacies help people with
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No time to wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections
<p>If no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and damage to the economy as catastrophic as during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis warns this report by the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.</p>
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Eradicating TB needs a radical approach
Metropolitan cities such as Mumbai have the maximum share of drug-resistant TB cases, according to the Central TB Division’s India TB Report 2018. TB is today the world’s foremost infectious disease
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BMC's campaign finds 77 new TB cases in Mumbai
BMC’s health workers visited households across 24 wards The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department which conducted a house-to-house active case finding (ACF) campaign for
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State TB cell mulls MoU with India Post to transport samples
The State TB Cell officials are mulling signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the postal department to transport sputum samples from Primary Health Centres to Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification
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India to get 10,000 free doses of costly TB wonder drug
Mumbai: In good news for tuberculosis patients, drug major Johnson & Johnson is providing India with a fresh grant of 10,000 courses of the life-saving drug bedaquiline, free of cost this year. The development,
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To fight HIV, we need to look at 100% adherence to treatment: Experts
There is a need to focus on 100% adherence particularly in antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV treatment said an expert at a panel discussion on adherence to treatment protocols on Wednesday. Dr Rajesh
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Almost 7% of Ernakulam population may develop TB, says study
KOCHI: A preliminary study undertaken by state health authorities found that almost 7% of the total population in Ernakulam is highly likely to develop TB. Though almost 30% of India’s population has latent
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Chandigarh: Slight drop in TB deaths at PGI last year
In 2015, 61 people died of tuberculosis at PGI, but the next year this number jumped to 74 and at 119, it breached the three figure mark in 2017, the highest ever at PGI. There has been a slight drop
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Africa: 3 Kenyans Named Among Best Health Innovators in Africa
Three Kenyans have been feted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as among the best 30 health innovators in Africa after their apps emerged top in a global challenge. Prof Eunice Kamaara of Moi University,