Global tuberculosis report 2022
The WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, at global, regional
Tuberculosis (TB)
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Cities like Pune will have to heed WHO warning on diabetes-TB link
Rapid lifestyle changes have increased the combined disease burden of diabetes and tuberculosis (TB) in rapidly urbanizing nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other world forums have set
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Will achieve full immunisation by 2020: Health Minister
Assuring full immunisation coverage by 2020, the health minister on Thursday said that unvaccinated districts will be targeted in a phase wise manner. “About 201 high focus districts in the country
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New norms for non-lung TB soon
India has initiated the process of formulating standardised clinical guidelines for managing extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, which occurs outside lungs. In collaboration with the Union health ministry,
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Nigerian Government Launches National Strategic Plan on Tuberculosis Control for 2015-2020
The Federal Ministry of Health has launched the National Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis (TB) Control, 2015-2020 and the Dissemination of the First National TB Prevalence Survey Report. While delivering
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Diabetics 3 times more prone to TB
Diabetes-TB May Soon Be Most Dreaded Combo For the 63 millionand-odd diabetics in India, this is worrying news: It has been proved beyond doubt that diabetes patients are three times more prone to contracting
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TB medicines may lead to liver failure
Unmonitored intake of tuberculosis medicines could lead to acute liver failure. In last year, three cases of acute liver failure due to toxicity caused by tuberculosis medicines were received at the department
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Conditional nod from WHO for new drug to treat MDR TB
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed a new drug to stem the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, but has cautioned that its use must follow a set of guidelines issued by
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India will eliminate Tuberculosis by 2020, says Harsh Vardhan
Days after Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate brought the problems of tuberculosis (TB) patients to the forefront, the government on Tuesday said that diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis will soon be made
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Global tuberculosis report 2014
This is the nineteenth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing
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TB has killed more than 300 in 3 yrs
Ranchi: Jharkhand has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths due to tuberculosis and AIDS between 2010 and 2013, shows National Aids Control Organization (Naco) data. The state has seen an increase