US, India form ‘Alliance’ to eliminate TB
Formation of USAID-India End TB Alliance announced The US and India have formed an alliance comprising leading experts in public and private sectors to combat the menace of tuberculosis, an American
Tuberculosis (TB)
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Private doctors fail to treat 60% of TB cases in Mumbai: Study
MUMBAI: On the eve of the first-ever United Nations meet on Wednesday to combat the global threat of tuberculosis, a new medical study warns that almost six out of 10 TB patients visiting private doctors
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Namibia: Over 600 TB Cases Recorded in Otjozondjupa
Kalkfeld — The Otjozondjupa Region has recorded 616 tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2017, of which 46 were at drug resistant level. These figures were revealed on Thursday by a senior registered nurse at
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Roadmap towards ending TB in children and adolescents
A new action plan outlining measures to prevent and treat tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents was launched by global tuberculosis (TB) leadership in advance of the United Nations General Assembly
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15% of deaths in India were due to heart diseases in 1990; now up to 28%
The number of people affected by cardiac diseases has doubled Cardiac ailments killed more Indians in 2016 (28%) than any other non-communicable disease, said a new study published in the September
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Global tuberculosis report 2018
<p>India accounted for 27 per cent of the 10 million people who developed tuberculosis in 2017, the highest among the top 30 high TB burden countries in the world, according to this WHO report</p>
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Tuberculosis must fall!: a multisector partnership to address TB in Southern Africa’s mining sector
This book presents key activities, promising practices, and lessons learned to date from the World Bank’s Tuberculosis (TB) in the Mining Sector Initiative--an innovative multisectoral, multicountry, public-private
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Why TB-, HIV-control programmes may not be combined
The Centre’s long-pending plan to combine tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) control programmes may never happen. Last month, Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan chaired a meeting
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Mobile app to answer tuberculosis queries
Bhubaneswar: TB Mitra, a unique mobile application for tuberculosis-affected communities was launched in Berhampur this week. Ganjam is the second district in the state after Bargarh to launch the app
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More Mumbaikars dropping out of TB treatment, shows health report
Mumbai: The number of Mumbaikars dropping out of TB treatment (DOTS) increased from 12% in 2013 to 15% in 2017, according to data released by NGO Praja on Thursday. The NGO’s white paper reported that