TB tangle
Disease has varied strings, needs differents vaccines
Disease has varied strings, needs differents vaccines
Delhi Health Minister DrYoganand Shastri said the death rate of TB patients has reduced from 25 per cent to 2.3 per cent annually in the Capital, which is also the lowest amongst the DOT patients. He
Speaking after the inauguration of GAIL-supported Air Pollution Related Disease Diagnostic Centre at the SDS TB & Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases at Hosur Road, Karnataka, GAIL Finance
New Delhi: Does the winter fog carry deadly antibiotic resistant germs? Is it safe for patients suffering from HIV or TB to travel during winter in India?
Contrary to the belief that women in their reproductive age die more due to maternal reasons, a study conducted in Maharashtra has found that tuberculosis, cancers, suicides, injury and poisoning are the major killers of women in the 15-44 age-group. The study was conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) through its National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, Mumba
Water pollution is a problem the residents of villages under Byramangala Gram Panchayat have been struggling to deal for more than two decades. The river, channel and the underground water lines in the 20-odd villages are all contaminated by chemical and other waste. The channel has not been desilted for about a decade. Worse, the people have to deal with the utter apathy of the authorities concerned, says Kumar, a GP employee. The farmers complain of the condition of their fields. The 17,000 acres of agricultural land in the villages are losing value. Also, the crops are affected by the pollutants. “Breeding cattle is a huge challenge as we have to keep a constant eye on them, lest they fall ill drinking water from the channel or the river,” said Rangaiah, a farmer from TB Doddi.
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) study on tuberculosis has made a special reference to India for increasing by more than 40 per cent its success in TB case detections during 1998-2003."The
New Delhi: India will, for the first time, put a cap on the maximum price at which essential drugs can be sold in the country. These include commonly used AIDS and cancer drugs, besides a horde of painkillers,
Jab Against Hepatitis & TB Leaves 4 Dead, 74 Disabled Michael Sheridian For Wang Mingliang, the birth of a son should have been start of a season of joy in his village at the rural heart of north China.
The donors should raise their contribution four-fold to scale up control of AIDS, TB and malaria, and boost primary health systems
New Delhi: Global aid is being spent on diseases like HIV, TB and malaria rather than addressing malnutrition and sanitation in the 30 high burden countries that have the worst statistics relating to maternal and child health.
The advent of AIDS could sharply increase the incidence of tuberculosis and of kala azar
Tuberculosis (tb) is affecting thousands of people in South Africa. Last year, nearly 140,000 people contracted the disease, according to World Health Organization ( who) and South African officials.
Studies on the removal of zinc by adsorption on two types of flyashes, namely Bokaro Thermal Power Plant Fly ash and Fluidized Bed Combustion Fly Ash from Tata Steel, Jamadoba were carried out.
Affected Animals Have Been Shifted To A Panjrapol In Ahmedabad Prashant Rupera | TNN Vadodara/Anand/Ahmedabad: Sixty cows on Anand Agriculture University (AAU) campus have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB), causing concern in the milk capital
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It s also about not compensating suffering mineworkers
Khomba Singh NEW DELHI IN a move aimed to ensure supply of low-cost HIV drugs globally, UNITAID, an international facility for purchase of drugs against HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB), held discussions with Indian generic drug makers on Tuesday to develop the world
It's an unlikely battleground in India's fight against TB, a disease that Prime Minister Vajpayee recently said poses a serious threat to the country's progress and well-being. And Bansi Lal is an
The challenge is to build on India’s recent successes in vaccine research to reach the global cutting edge in producing vaccines for killer diseases such as HIV and TB. Vaccines are a true gift of science