A doomed future...
is what awaits over 80 million tuberculosis patients worldwide
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Growing web
Incidence of tuberculosis is rising in the industrialised world
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TB TREATMENT
The Delhi government has been asked by the Delhi High Court to file an affidavit on a petition by the All-India Lawyers Union alleging inadequate treatment facilities for tuberculosis (TB) patients
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KILLER DISEASE
Tuberculosis (TB), is claiming nearly 45 lives each day in Nepal. The alarming figures were disclosed by the National Tuberculosis Centre (NTC) recently in Kathmandu. While 60 per cent of the adult
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A better antidote?
tuberculosis (tb), the giant killer, may be effectively contained with the help of a microbe Mycobacterium vaccae, which is closely related to the bacterium that causes the disease. Researchers
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Rs. 189.4 m for Peradeniya and Gannoruwa Road renovation
The Highways and Road Development Ministry will spend around Rs. 189.4 million funded by the Kuwait Government to expedite the reconstruction and renovation of the stretch of road between Peradeniya and Gannoruwa. Acting Highways and Road Development Minister T.B. Ekanayake directed to accelerate renovation immediately to solve the traffic congestion at Peradeniya junction. The Highways and Road Development Ministry spokesman told the Daily News that this road was constructed during British rule and has not been reconstructed for a long time.
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Rs. 3,720 m for rural road development
The Government has allocated Rs.3,720 million in 2008 to improve and maintain the rural road network countrywide under the Maga Neguma programme to achieve socio-economic development, mobility, connectivity and accessibility needs of the people. Acting Minister for Highways and Road Development, T.B. Ekanayake told the Daily News that 1,208 kms of rural roads have been identified for improvement in this year. The development will take place at district level under the Maga Neguma programme.
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TWIN TROUBLES
A three-day SAARC meeting from September 23-25 on tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS, spelt out country specific action plan for managing the diseases. The meeting which was held in Kathmandu, revealed that
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Ineffective alternative
Besides BCG vaccination, another preventive control measure practised widely in North America but largely ignored in developing countries, is isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). Unfortunately, the
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Peppered cure
RESEARCHERS at the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) in Jammu have sought government approval for a novel anti-TB therapy containing the pepper extract, piperine. The extract is to be used
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MULTIPLE MALADIES
In a country frequently besieged by floods and storms, there are reportedly severallakh people suffering from five diseases like tuberculosis (TB), goitre, filaria, kalazar, and leprosy in eight
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Anti TB find
Blown out of proportion
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Malady menace
TUBERCULOSIS (TB) germs are working quietly and speedily with single-minded devotion to ensnare as many humans in their killing net as possible. This is the horrific future as revealed by the
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Its TB, said the giant rat
The World Bank has approved a grant wherein giant pouched rats will help detect tuberculosis (tb) bacteria in human saliva. The project will be carried out in Tanzania, Africa; tg cases there are
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Chandigarh among top states in TB management, says UT Home Secy
UT Home and Health Secretary Krishna Mohan said that to ensure the implementation of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Chandigarh, resources are being pooled to provide quality services to tuberculosis patients. Mohan said the Executive Committee on Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP has become functional. He said that Chandigarh is consistently ranked among the top performing states of the country in the management of the disease. He said that Medical Colleges and other sectors like ESI, CGHS, NGO's and private practitioners have been involved under the RNTCP. He added that services for diagnosing, treatment and referring non-residents to the centres. Mohan also lauded the performance of State Health Society-RNTCP and Chandigarh administration for combating the disease and introducing quality diagnosis and treatment. He said that the Rural Development and Social Welfare departments have been involved for organising medical check-up camps and health melas to create awareness about the symptoms of TB in the slum areas. He added that health education is also being imparted in schools through debates, declamation and painting competitions for information on the symptoms of tuberculosis. Mohan said that nearly 2000 lives were saved since the launch of RNTCP in 2002. More than 12,000 patients have also been treated. Mohan said that there are nearly 116 DOT Centers established for treating TB cases.
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Beware of quacks
DELHI'S 30,000 quacks are primarily responsible for the rapid spread of the Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (TB). According to Rajesh Chawla, a chest specialist and president of the Delhi Medical
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Merger plan
For AIDS, TB schemes
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Economic burden of tobacco related diseases in India: executive summary
<p>This report on Economic Burden of Tobacco Related Diseases in India” released by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare estimates direct and indirect costs from all diseases caused due to tobacco use and four specific diseases - respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, cardiovascular diseases and cancers. See this package for related documents, studies and find more.</p>
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Better TB control measures stressed: Elimination of MDR cases
Elimination of drug resistant TB is not possible unless TB is eliminated. This was stated by Dr Nadeem Rizvi, head of the chest department, JPMC, at a seminar in Pakistan on drug resistant TB on
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Potable water issue reaches flashpoint
The drinking water problem facing the 2.5 lakh population of Surendranagar and Wadhawan towns of Gujarat has reached a flashpoint. In the TB hospital, Dal Milli Road, societies behind the 80-ft road,