Cured TB patients run risk of lung disease: Study
Screening recommended for recovered persons regardless of age or smoking habit Many patients who have successfully completed treatment for tuberculosis may continue to display poor lung function and
Tuberculosis (TB)
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Pune health dept floats proposal for independent TB control cell
A status check by the TB control unit of the PMC showed that out of 710 private hospitals/ nursing homes, 24 were reporting TB cases while six laboratories out of 406 were sending the information. The
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Community pharmacists can help track tuberculosis patients, study finds
An Expert Explains: In biggest bout, knockout This time, BIMSTEC leaders are invited to Modi’s swearing-in Community pharmacists can help in detecting undiagnosed cases of tuberculosis (TB), as they are
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TB, HIV biggest killers in packed state jails: Study
Account for 22 per cent of total deaths in two years Tuberculosis, HIV and Hepatitis-C are the biggest killer in jails in the state. The fact came to the fore in a recent study. As per a study on
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Tweaked pharmacy referral model increases TB case-finding
25 times increase was seen in TB diagnosis when pharmacies referred symptomatic TB patients for X-ray followed by doctor consultation By slightly changing the way private pharmacies help people with
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No time to wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections
<p>If no action is taken, drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 and damage to the economy as catastrophic as during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis warns this report by the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. By 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.</p>
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Eradicating TB needs a radical approach
Metropolitan cities such as Mumbai have the maximum share of drug-resistant TB cases, according to the Central TB Division’s India TB Report 2018. TB is today the world’s foremost infectious disease
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BMC's campaign finds 77 new TB cases in Mumbai
BMC’s health workers visited households across 24 wards The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)'s public health department which conducted a house-to-house active case finding (ACF) campaign for
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State TB cell mulls MoU with India Post to transport samples
The State TB Cell officials are mulling signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the postal department to transport sputum samples from Primary Health Centres to Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification
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India to get 10,000 free doses of costly TB wonder drug
Mumbai: In good news for tuberculosis patients, drug major Johnson & Johnson is providing India with a fresh grant of 10,000 courses of the life-saving drug bedaquiline, free of cost this year. The development,