Govt firm to control TB, HIV/AIDS
A three day international conference on 'TB, HIV and Media' began in Kathmandu with the objective of raising public awareness of HIV/AIDS and TB so that the lives of many youths of the world could be
A three day international conference on 'TB, HIV and Media' began in Kathmandu with the objective of raising public awareness of HIV/AIDS and TB so that the lives of many youths of the world could be
Anti-TB drug manufacturer Lupin Ltd. has introduced AKuriT, a customised therapy for TB patients of all weight categories. A simplified therapy, as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines
The theme selected by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for World TB Day is "Stop TB, Fight Poverty." Unlike previous years, a sustained campaign emphasising this year's theme is envisioned. "Stop
A strategy that can cure up to 90% of all tuberculosis cases and thus is the best chance for controlling the global TB epidemic, is reaching only 27% of the world's TB patients. This is one of the
To eradicate the disease of tuberculosis (TB) completely from the UP state, Health Department has chosen nine districts under Short Term Therapy (STT) treatment which will cure the TB within six
After comfortably meeting the target of conducting over one lakh new sputum tests last year, the State TB Control Society, Punjab is all set to implement the Revised TB Control Programme in eight
In Mumbai, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cass are high. The national average for TB is 135 persons per one lakh populations but in Mumbai it is 175 persons, according to additional municipal
Despite many Indians suffering from AIDS, TB and Malaria, India may miss yet another chance of getting a major share of fund for these dreaded disease from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria
Exactly a year after it committed US $100 million to Myanmar, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on August 19, 2005, decided to withdraw from the country, citing travel
The NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS INSTITUTE was established in 1959 at Bangalore by the Government of India. The technical assistance in terms of Manpower, Machinery and Equipment from World Health Organization; Vehicle & Equipments from UNICEF were of great asset in the formative years of NTI.
Biologists at Bangalore's Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research recently discovered a new HIV strain in the southern Indian states. Led by Ranga Udaykumar, the researchers have
Garlic is effective in treating tuberculosis, especially the kind which is resistant to antibiotics, claim scientists P Ratnakar, D Srilatha and P S Murthy of the University College of Medical
<p><strong>The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet in Pakistan, decided to lift the over two decades long ban on forest harvesting besides managing forests along scientific lines in line with a working plan made by the government. Read more in November 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Pakistan</strong></p>
Despite the danger posed by pesticides, there is no data in India on the nearly 70,000 compounds that could cause human death. The issue was recently discussed at the meeting of the "International
... but the government has done nothing to monitor the prevalence of tuberculosis in the area.
• In an attempt to document lead levels in the blood of the people living in Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the
<p>Nepal has achieved a new milestone in conservation by achieving ‘zero poaching’ of rhinos, tigers and elephants for the year period ending in February 2014, according to the World Wildlife Fund Nepal. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Nepal.</p>
India is sitting on a "tuberculosis (tb) time bomb", says the World Health Organization (who), 1995 report on the tb epidemic. About half the adult population in the country is reportedly suffering
One person in the world is contracting tuberculosis after every 20 seconds and nearly 250,000 people in Pakistan contract lung TB every year.
The city government is establishing a hospital exclusively for TB patients who are already being provided facilities for the diagnosis of the disease at 64 centres managed by the CDGK.