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Malaria control again
Malaria control again
New vaccines against TB of little help in developing countries
A World Health Organisation's (WHO) recent B Programme report has warned the world community of tuberculosis epidemic. The annual global death toll from TB could rise to 4 million by AD
Infectious diseases are still the largest cause of death in the world and tuberculosis remains the leader.
Factories smugly carry on polluting villages around capital city
Drumstick molecule increases absorption of drugs
Private access Two Purdue University students discovered a major flaw in the highly-regarded Kerberos software, developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
<p>The Pakistan government has imposed a ban on manufacturing of import, sale and use of non-degradable plastic bags and other products in federal capital. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan.</p>
<p>The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Gross National Happiness Commission (GNHC) signed a letter of agreement to start a program – called “Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in the Himalayas” – for improving rural livelihood in Bhutan. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan.</p>
<p>South Asia, a region of strategic importance, faces public health challenges on a demographic and geographic scale unmatched in the world. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are home to nearly one-fifth of the world’s population. Even more dramatic, however, these countries are home to two-thirds of the world’s population living on less than $1 a day.
The US Food and Drug Administration (PDA) has approved rifapentine (Priftin) - the first new antituberculosis (anti-TB) drug to be licensed in 25 years. Rifapentine is indicated for pulmonary
People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.
How did tuberculosis cease to be a deadly killer in the West?
There are around 30,000 patients of tuberculosis (TB) in the district and 20 of such patients die every year, participants of an awareness workshop organised by the Pakistan Anti-TB Association (PATA)
Tuberculosis (TB) in Bhutan was well under control and in keeping with international standards, according to the programme manager for TB of the health ministry, Dr Pandup Tshering.
Experts at the twelfth meeting of governing board of the SAARC TB Centre and consultative meeting for TB and HIV/AIDS programme managers in SAARC countries, that began stressed for an urgency
The Revised National TB Control Programme, being funded by Department For International Development of UK, to reduce the incidence of TB in the Andhra Pradesh state, will be extended to all over the
Notwithstanding the government's tall claims on having controlled TB, at least 5,000 TB patients are under treatment in different hospitals in the
Nearly 448 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were reported in Hodal town of the district last year. It came to light after a special campaign to check TB was launched in the
Deaths from tuberculosis are skyrocketing as Aids starts impacting on South Africa, fuelling the spread of TB among people with weakened immunity. The Gauteng Health Department expects TB to become