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. …
Experts Seek Change In Policy Measures To Check Mortality There has been a 12% increase in the incidence of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in India since 2000, a new study has revealed. The study is based on a retrospective analysis of patient data at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Researchers have termed …
The Obama administration unveiled a long-awaited plan to combat the growing threat of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a deadly strain of the number one infectious killer in the world. While tuberculosis advocates are thrilled with the ambitious scope and potential unifying force of the National Action Plan, many worry whether the funds …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cases of tuberculosis, 18/12/2015. As per the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB report 2015, in the year 2014, 2.2 million cases were estimated in India which is higher than any other country. However, this high number is because of our large population even …
LUCKNOW: More than 80% of the people living with HIV in the state are yet to get treatment. Of the estimated 1.25 lakh people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Uttar Pradesh, only 25,278 are getting free anti-retroviral therapy (ART) treatment, according to data from the UP State AIDS Control Society. …
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new comprehensive analysis of global health trends since 2000 and an assessment of the challenges for the next 15 years, a UN spokesman said here. The report, entitled Health in 2015: from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals …
Floodwater has receded in almost all parts of the city but doctors working at several health camps are not just warning about the almost inevitable outbreak of diseases in the coming weeks, but also about the spread of infectious diseases like TB and the possible resistance to drugs. After touring …
In South Africa and beyond, thousands of TB cases emerge each year despite the BGC vaccine. An ambitious plan seeks to end what has become a global epidemic When her son Luluto was born 16 years ago, Yoliswa Qaku was eager to have him vaccinated against tuberculosis. Once he received …
MUMBAI: The fight against pediatric TB acquired an edge on Wednesday when the World Health Organisation (WHO) unveiled strawberry- and raspberry-flavoured medicines customised for children, at a conference on lung health in Cape Town, South Africa. This is the first time that a fixed dose has been customised for children …
GURGAON: There has been an overall 10% increase in cases of AIDS in the district this year, while the number of women infected with AIDS has gone up by 25% compared to last year, according to the district Integrated Counselling & Testing Centres (ICTC) for AIDS. In the last 10 …
NAGPUR: Having the highest number of population affected by tuberculosis, India also has the highest incidence of genital tuberculosis. The number of Indian women suffering from the condition is particularly high. It is among the most common causes of infertility, yet not many doctors consider the possibility of genital tuberculosis …
Smoking seen as one of the biggest risk factors for the disease Incidence of lung cancer among women in Bengaluru is on the rise, say doctors at the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology. Speaking with Deccan Herald, Dr Ramesh C, professor and head of the Department of Epidemiology, Kidwai, said …
The UK government is to create a new £1bn fund aimed at eradicating malaria and other infectious diseases. The Ross Fund will be run in partnership with US philanthropists, Bill and Melinda Gates. It is named after Sir Ronald Ross who became Britain's first Nobel Prize winner in 1902 for …
Researchers Say Antibiotics Harm Flora & Fauna; May Be Behind Spike In Diabetes, Cancer Think before you pour leftover antibiotics down the drain. They wash into the Yamuna and harm the plant and animal life dependent on it. And now, doctors suspect, they may also be a reason for the …
From two deaths every three minutes to having the highest tuberculosis burden in the world, most surveys related to TB in India throw a startling number.And here is one more: Close to 9% of all paediatric tuberculosis patients are resistant to rifampicin, one of the firstline drugs used in the …
The fourth leg of the FIFA '11 for health' program has been launched in Accra on Tuesday. FIFA approved Ghana as the first country in the world for the 4th edition of the program that trains kids in school to avoid health problems through various football drills. The program has …
Panaji: Doctors at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital, Bambolim, will now have to take prior permissions - administrative and financial - from competent authority before conducting clinical trials, even if the trials are with sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies. Dean of Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, Dr Pradeep …
India recorded the largest number of tuberculosis cases in the world last year, according to a report by the WHO that said 1.5 million people died in 2014 from the disease which ranks alongside HIV as a leading killer worldwide. World Health Organisation’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2015, released yesterday, said …
Tuberculosis has joined HIV/AIDS as the top infectious disease killer on the planet, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday. TB killed 1.5 million people in 2014, including 400,000 HIV/AIDS patients who died of TB-related complications. HIV/AIDS killed 1.2 million people last year. TB and HIV/AIDS are "partners in crime" and …
Tuberculosis has replaced HIV/AIDS as the world’s most deadly infectious disease, the World Health Organisation has revealed. According to the World Tuberculosis report 2015, TB killed 1.5 million people in 2014 with India, Indonesia and China having largest number of cases: 23 per cent, 10 per cent and 10 per …
This is the twentieth global report on tuberculosis (TB) published by WHO in a series that started in 1997. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic and progress in implementing and financing TB prevention, care, control and research at global, regional and country levels using data …
