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. …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed a new drug to stem the global spread of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, but has cautioned that its use must follow a set of guidelines issued by it. Pointing out that since information about this new drug, Delamanid, remains limited, as it has …
Days after Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate brought the problems of tuberculosis (TB) patients to the forefront, the government on Tuesday said that diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis will soon be made free in both government and private hospitals. “India is in the process of ensuring free diagnosis and treatment to …
This is the nineteenth 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 and control at global, regional and country levels using data reported …
Ranchi: Jharkhand has seen a sharp rise in the number of deaths due to tuberculosis and AIDS between 2010 and 2013, shows National Aids Control Organization (Naco) data. The state has seen an increase in TB-AIDS deaths since 2000 and in the next one decade, the killer diseases killed about …
Bedaquiline, the first anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug manufactured in almost 50 years, not only worked on severely ill patients in the city but it did so without affecting their hearts. An article to this effect was published in the International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease last week, showing “drastic“ improvement …
THERE is a significant increase in the number of patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) amongst young people in the country. According to Kibong'oto National Tuberculosis Hospital (KNTH) Director, Dr Riziki Kisonga, the most affected are people in the age of between 25 and 46. Dr Kisonga said that until July …
Patna: Antibiotics consumption in Bihar has increased from 12% in 2009 to 20% today. According to state drug control department, Biharis consume antibiotics worth over Rs 600 crore every year. On the Rational Antibiotic Day on Sunday, doctors said the 'abuse' of antibiotics has led not only to side effects …
Diabetes has now been found to be fuelling India’s tuberculosis burden. India has the world’s highest diabetes patients and is also referred to as the world’s TB capital. Now, a study to be announced by the British medical journal Lancet on Thursday, reveal that India tops the list of countries …
Local farmers opposing the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project in Bijapur district want the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to execute a surety bond before the Supreme Court, undertaking that the plant would not cause any environmental and health hazards. Led by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene, they …
The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt. Instead, a study suggests that the deadly disease was present in the area hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus made landfall. Genetic tests reveal …
Large scale, indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the poultry industry has led to antibiotic resistance in Indians who are falling prey to many otherwise curable ailments, said a new study released here Wednesday. The study by the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab, which tested 70 chicken …
A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has linked growing antibiotic resistance in humans to its large-scale, indiscriminate use in the poultry industry. "Drugged" is the theme of the report — Antibiotics in the Chicken — which studied the level of common antibiotics in popular non-vegetarian …
Claiming that it found several antibiotic residues in chickens tested in Delhi-NCR region, an environment body on Wednesday said "large-scale and indiscriminate" use of antibiotics in poultry industry might be "strongly linked" to growing antibiotic resistance in Indians. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) also sought implementation of a …
Each time you eat chicken, you could also be consuming a cocktail of antibiotics. A lab study released by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found antibiotic residues in 40% of chicken samples bought from outlets in Delhi and NCR. While the amount of antibiotics found in each sample was …
Seventy chicken samples from Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR), tested by the Centre for Science and Environment, were found to be carrying traces of five antibiotics. Largescale misuse and overuse of antibiotics in chicken has lead to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chicken itself. The CSE report …
Growing antibiotic-resistance in humans also because of large-scale indiscriminate use of antibiotics in poultry industry, claims CSE study. more at http://www.cseindia.org/node/5487
Awareness campaigns similar to those of polio or HIV are needed for hepatitis in India, stressed experts at AIIMS today during an awareness programme organised to mark World Hepatitis Day. On the occasion, Dr SK Acharya, gastroenterology HoD, AIIMS, said hepatitis vaccination has to be implemented in the universal immunisation …
KARACHI: Pakistan has registered accelerated decline in death rates from TB and malaria since 2000, when the Millennium Development Goals were established to stop the spread of these diseases by 2015. Although less pronounced, Malaria cases in Pakistan dropped to 2.9 percent annually between 2000 and 2013 while malaria mortality …
HIV/AIDS mortality rate rising by 11pc annually in Pakistan Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - Karachi—Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is claiming more lives in Pakistan than ever, says a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries released on Monday. There has been an 11 per cent increase in …
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/Aids) is claiming more lives in Pakistan than ever, says a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries released on Monday. There has been an 11 per cent increase in mortality rates from HIV/Aids in Pakistan, according to the study that examines data from …
