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. …
Andheri (E) seems to be the hotbed of diseases, shows a study conducted by NGO Praja Foundation after analyzing health data from the civic corporation. If the high incidence of infectious diseases is a marker of quality of life, then Andheri (E) fares poorly with the suburb registering the highest …
Three years have passed since Deepak Nepali (Darji), 35, of Dhulabari, Mechinagar 1, was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB). A carpenter by profession, Deepak took the medications prescribed by doctors until he felt better and thought he no longer needed to take full course of the medicine. But soon after discontinuing …
More than 650,000 children worldwide develop tuberculosis each year, research in the journal Lancet Global Health suggests. The figure stands almost 25% higher than current predictions made by the World Health Organization. Scientists say health officials may be missing an "enormous opportunity" to prevent the disease from spreading. The World …
The World Health Organisation on July 03 urged over 30 countries, including some of the world's richest, to recognise the continued danger of tuberculosis and try to wipe it out by 2050. Although TB is preventable and curable, a total of 155,000 people still fall ill with the disease every …
New research suggests that the spread of TB in cattle can only be controlled if more radical measures are adopted. Culling of entire herds, more testing and cattle vaccination are needed to reverse the spread of the disease. The lead researcher has told BBC News that the study also confirms …
Nearly three lakh people are infected with tuberculosis and around 66,000 of them die every year in the country, speakers at an orientation said. They said the community people and social workers have a vital role to play in creating mass-awareness about the disease so that people in general can …
PUNE: Improved reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases by private doctors in the city is helping the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) understand the burden of disease, which will eventually help strengthen the state's healthcare system. As against 432 cases notified by private doctors in 2012, the reporting has gone up considerably …
The report on “Economic Burden of Tobacco Related Diseases in India”, supported by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and the WHO Country Office for India, was developed by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). The report estimates direct and indirect costs from all diseases …
Islamabad—Around 420,000 people develop active tuberculosis each year in the country with 65 percent case detection rate. According to available data, remaining 35 percent of tuberculosis patients which is around 147,000, develop the diseases during each year but do not participate in screening programme. It said this 35 percent patients …
The study was conducted by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) A study has found that more than 50% of the health workers in different chest disease hospitals are suffering from latent tuberculosis. The overall prevalence of latent TB infection among healthcare workers in the four state-run …
With release of genetically modified Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation Bangladesh is first country in the South Asia to cultivate any genetically modified food crop. Read more in this March 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bangladesh. ENVIRONMENT Bangladesh needs to prepare an index listing the …
