This document presents the findings of a modelling study that examined in detail the costs and benefits of tuberculosis (TB) screening plus TB preventive treatment (TPT) in four countries – Brazil, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa – which may serve as examples for other settings with a similar epidemiological context. …
MUMBAI: Five years after the emergence of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria in India, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday published its first-ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" - a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. Antibiotic resistant or antimicrobial resistance has …
The leading underlying natural causes of death among South Africans in 2015 were tuberculosis and diabetes, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday. Tuberculosis was responsible for 8.3% of deaths among males, while among women diabetes was the leading underlying natural cause of death responsible for 7.1% of their deaths, StatsSA …
This national strategic plan (NSP) formulated by the Central Tuberculosis Division to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025 aims to fight the bacteria by better detection, treatment, prevention, and strengthening policies. Doctors in the field, however, say the war against TB has to be started from the ground level — by …
The Health Department has set 2023 deadline to make the state TB-free. Health experts face a daunting task as the number of Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR) TB cases are on the rise. At least eight districts of the state, barring Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Una and Chamba, fall under the ‘high TB …
Global funding for research and development on neglected diseases reached a historic low in 2015, driven by declining public sector investment. The G-FINDER report by Australia-based independent group, Policy Cures Research, says that the decline is due to the lack of funding by rich countries. According to it, this is …
The ninth G-FINDER survey reports on 2015 global investment into research and development (R&D;) of new products for neglected diseases, and identifies trends and patterns across the nine years of global G-FINDER data. In all, 185 organisations completed the survey for FY2015, which covered: 39 neglected diseases; 160 product areas …
More than 300 high-profile representatives from NGOs, businesses, government and UN organisations are set to convene at the Aid & Development Africa Summit in Nairobi this February exchanging innovative and sustainable solutions for improving aid delivery and development strategy in sub-Saharan East Africa. Delivering Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires a …
They say instead of focussing on antibiotics, it has to explore other alternatives At a time when India is battling a crisis of antibiotic resistance and a few drugs in the pipeline, the government’s plan to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025 seems an unachievable target, say doctors. The mention of TB …
MUMBAI: Depression, though widespread in India, is rarely accorded priority in the public health system, which is burdened with cases of TB and dengue as well as non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. In October 2016, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, released a mental …
The latest editorial in leading medical journal Lancet has severely criticised the health systems in India. Even as India sees a huge number of patients pouring into public and private hospitals, there is barely any research undertaken in the country related to health. “India vastly underperforms in terms of quality …
Pulmonary and heart diseases claimed 46,811 lives in Karnataka in 2014, the latest year for which statistics on various causes of deaths in the country have been compiled by the Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), a registry under the Union home ministry. The total number of medically certified …
Tirupati: A team of researchers from Israel is now working on finding a genetic solution to the ever-increasing menace of antibiotic resistance to a plethora of diseases including tuberculosis (TB) and hospital-acquired infections. The team has targeted the notorious bacteria called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). This bacteria is quite common …
Polio-like campaign to address TB burden from Jan 16 The government is eyeing a January 16 launch for the second pulse polio-type public health campaign, this time to address the rising burden of tuberculosis. The campaign involves reaching 12 crore potential patients living in high-risk areas through house visits or …
Clinical research in India may soon get a much-needed boost. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and drug maker Sun Pharma are in talks to create a structure to fund clinical programmes focused on diseases prevalent here. A joint working group under the existing ICMR-Sun Pharma partnership met on …
Sixty health officials from northern Kerala have undergone a two-day training in the ‘daily drug regime’ organised by the State Tuberculosis Cell in the city. The training, concluded on Thursday, was part of the Union government’s decision to roll out the Fixed Drug Combination (FDC) protocol to fight tuberculosis, replacing …
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is unexpectedly high in eight West African countries, research by the West African Network of Excellence for TB, AIDS and Malaria (WANETAM) has revealed. According to the research published in the open access journal, BMC Medicine, MDR-TB could become a serious public health threat …
The government will launch a 15-day campaign to trace tuberculosis cases on the lines of its polio drive, a top official announced at the launch of the India TB Research and Development Corporation (ITRDC) on Thursday. “We will be going on a campaign mode from January 1 to January 15, …
MUMBAI: A close-up of India's tuberculosis epidemic shows, for the first time, how a million of the now 2.8 million TB patients go 'missing' or never show up in the Revised National TB Control Programme. Almost 28% of patients don't have access to a government TB centre and around half …
The revised estimates put the incidence of TB in India at 217 per 1,00,000 population in 2015 as against the previously estimated 127 per 1,00,000. WHO said the size of the epidemic has increased considerably because researchers realised that earlier estimates from India were too low. Inaccurate estimates of the …
Tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today said while asserting that the country was one of six nations which accounted for 60 per cent of the new cases in 2015. The Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 which was released today, however, …
