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 project to accomplish the Centre's target of ending the disease by 2025 Assam has decided to follow Tamil Nadu by involving all registered private pharmacies in its fight against tuberculosis for timely diagnosis and treatment. Reach, an NGO working for tuberculosis patients across the country, and Assam tuberculosis cell …
Meerut: With the second phase of the door-to-door drive against Tuberculosis, 96 more cases of the disease were discovered in the urban slums of Meerut (there were 80 confirmed cases in the first phase). In the 10-day-long campaign, conducted from December 26, 2017 to January 5, 2018 in 25 districts …
The study conducted on mice and on tissue cultures suggest that giving Vitamin C -- a powerful antioxidant that reduces oxidative stress to the body and also lowers cancer risk -- with TB drugs could reduce the unusually long time it takes these drugs to eradicate this pathogen. For people …
Lal Chand (85) from Burj Hanuman Garh village, Fazilka, was admitted to the tuberculosis unit of the Civil Hospital on December 26, 2017, and had been undergoing treatment there since then. The octogenarian’s condition is deteriorating with each passing day. His treatment or sternly put his life now hinges on …
LUCKNOW: In a joint research, scientists of biotechnology department of APJ Kalam Technical University and Jazan University, Saudi Arabia, have identified the gene which increases the risk of tuberculosis, its recurrence and development of drug resistance. In a research lasting over four years, scientists studied more than 2,000 international researches …
Thiruvananthapuram: A state-wide tuberculosis (TB) eradication programme will be inaugurated by health and social justice minister K K Shailaja on Wednesday. The programme aims at visiting households and collecting data on Tuberculosis-affected individuals, as a prelude to World Tuberculosis Day, which will be observed on March 24. The plan is …
Pharmacists in thirty districts across the country have been introduced to new TB medicines expected to improve the management and treatment of patients suffering from Tuberculosis. According to Floribert Biziyaremye, the in charge of Tuberculosis and other respiratory communicable diseases division at Rwanda Biomedical Centre, the target group is children …
Upon retrenchment, he received R14 000 in Mineworker Provident Fund benefits. He was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) within six months of returning home after termination at Hartbeesfontein Mine. He was informed that his disease was occupational-related. He returned to the mine with the TB diagnosis to apply for occupational disease …
PATNA: Only 227 posts under the National Health Mission in Bihar have roster clearance even though 393 employees are working under the mission in the state. The fact came to light at a videoconferencing organised for state health minister Mangal Pandey on Tuesday evening to review the progress of the …
Meerut: The UP health department’s decision to make it mandatory for pharmacists to routinely provide details of people buying 13 tuberculosis drugs falling under Schedule H1 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act comes in the wake of an increasing number drug-resistant patients. According to a 2016 study conducted by the …
Experts also recommend take-home rations apart from cash benefit About 35 lakh identified tuberculosis patients across the country will soon get ₹500 every month from the Centre as social support. Sunil D Khaparde, Deputy Director General (TB) and Head of the Central TB Division, told The Hindu that although the …
Bareilly: The state government has directed the chief medical officers of 25 “high risk” districts to conduct a door-to-door survey to for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Officials said that these surveys will be started from December 26. In a recent letter to CMOs, Padmakar Singh, director general, …
According to a senior health ministry official, daily treatment regimen is likely to be more effective with lesser relapses and it is expected to reduce drug-resistance with greater compliance. On the lines of its anti-polio drive, the health ministry has launched a 15-day door-to-door campaign across the country for early …
Women mostly in the age group of 20-40 yrs have this condition. Hyderabad: Malnutrition, immune-suppression, diabetes, chemotherapy, improper drug compliance and monotherapy are some of the reasons for the occurance of abdominal tuberculosis (TB), which accounts for 11 per cent of the cases of extra-pulmonary TB. Abdominal TB is an …
The campaign will cover 24 districts, continue till Dec 18 Rural areas of Pune, for the first time, will be covered as part of the third round of the central government’s intensive drive to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from the country by 2025. The drive, which will continue till December 18, …
The fresh 2,387 tuberculosis cases this year have spurred the zilla parishad (ZP) to conduct a door-to-door campaign to eradicate the disease in the district. The number was part of the findings of a government study till October. The campaign will be conducted from December 4-18 in seven talukas- Hatkanangle, …
People who use lansoprazole to prevent conditions of acidity in the stomach are a third less likely to develop tuberculosis, a new study found. Are you in the habit of consuming lansoprazole, a cheap and easily available gastric acid suppressant to cure heartburn, gastritis conditions and ulcers? Take heart, as …
ICMR to monitor 2000 patients in Jharkhand to determine role of good diet. Can a healthy diet stave off tuberculosis? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will monitor 2000 TB patients in Jharkhand and additionally ensure that they are well fed to determine the extent to which a good …
India is a major manufacturer of anti-TB drugs for the world, having almost an 80 per cent global market share. New Delhi: Over 30 million tuberculosis patients residing in remote areas have been screened as part of special campaigns, Union minister J P Nadda said today as he underlined India's …
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said that under the government's initiative, over 15,000 more tuberculosis (TB) cases have been detected. "We have already completed two campaigns covering 257 districts and screened over 30 million vulnerable persons and detected over 15,000 fresh TB cases. We are planning the next …
