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. …
India has been toying with the idea of UHC since 2011 when a high-level expert committee, formed by the erstwhile Planning Commission, submitted its report but nothing much came of it. The World Health Organisation is keen that India should have universal health coverage (UHC), newly elected director-general Dr Tedros …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Monday launched a policy on prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance to help promote prudent use of antimicrobial agents. Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu said the policy will ensure that there is continued successful treatment and prevention of microbial diseases. …
A population-based molecular epidemiological study has revealed that Tuberculosis (TB) is prevalent and fast spreading in the urban areas than in the rural settings. The study also indicated that males are at higher risks of getting TB than their female counterparts, and its spreading more among the youth between the …
NEW DELHI: Lifestyle diseases like heart and chronic respiratory diseases now kill more people than communicable ones like tubercolosis or diarrhoea in every state in India, including the most backward. This was revealed in the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative's Report released on Tuesday. The report notes that while all …
In 2015, the WHO said India had double the number of estimated TB deaths-480,000 up from 220,000 in 2014 Though the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that new tuberculosis cases in India fell in 2016, the number of drug-resistant cases increased, showing that India has a growing challenge in its …
Research consortium brings stakeholders to develop tools The India Tuberculosis Research Consortium (ITRC), formed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), here convened its second International Scientific Advisory Group (ISAG) meeting which concluded earlier this week. Global experts The ISAG comprises global experts in the areas of TB research, …
Gap between TB incidence and notifications is very large in India; rising numbers probably indicate better reporting rather than higher incidence of disease After years of being criticised for not doing enough on tuberculosis, India got a pat on the back this week from the World Health Organisation for increasing …
Domestic resources accounted for 74% of the $525 million that was spent in India last year India’s domestic budget for fighting tuberculosis showed a dramatic jump from about ₹700 crore in 2015 to ₹2,500 crore last year, according to a report from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Typically most of …
At 27.9 lakh, India’s TB incidence in 2016 was down marginally from the previous year’s 28.4 lakh. The number of TB-related deaths was 4.35 lakh. down 15% from 5.17 lakh. Following a 2012 decision to mandatorily notify TB cases, India has registered a 37% jump in cases between 2013-16, shows …
Global efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have saved an estimated 53 million lives since 2000 and reduced the TB mortality rate by 37%, according to the Global TB Report 2017. Despite these achievements, the latest picture is grim. TB remains the top infectious killer in 2016. TB is also the …
Dr Rakesh K Kashyap, Chandigarh Director Health Services (DHS), launched the protocol at the Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in Sector 16 . The health department on Thursday launched a protocol treatment for tuberculosis (TB). A statement said that treatment of TB has become much easier with the new regimen …
They will be given fixed drug combinations on a daily basis Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao on Wednesday inaugurated the daily regimen of administering medication to tuberculosis patients under the Revised National TB Control Programme at the Government General Hospital here. According to a release, under the new daily drug …
CHENNAI: The fight against dengue "has to be a people's movement", and school children need to get involved, said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, who was recently appointed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) deputy director general, programmes. Dr Swaminathan is well-known for her research …
The latest Global Burden of Disease study lists ailments that are triggering most deaths and disabilities in India. DNA examines what all has changed over the past decades, and underlines that the government must scale up preventive and clinical services to reduce health risks crippling vast chunks of the population …
It is common and natural to think of diseases in terms of death. Often, diseases are measured by death so many people die of heart attacks and so many of dengue. While this is important, there is another dimension not measured by body counts. It is the scale of suffering …
Dehradun: Addressing a conference, the National Health Mission (NHM) director, Chandresh Kumar, said that Uttarakhand has taken up a target to make the state free from Tuberculosis by 2025. He was speaking at the three-day training and workshop of district Tuberculosis (TB) officers, supervisors and district coordinators of Uttarakhand that …
The awareness van of the Health and Welfare Department on tuberculosis was flagged off from the office of the Civil Surgeon Dr Raghubir Singh Bains and Dr Shamsher Singh Mann, Assistant Civil Surgeon. Dr Gumreet Kaur Duggal, District Family Welfare Officer, Dr Kamalpal Sidhu, Assistant Health Officer and Dr Ragu …
The health officials screened 788,000 people, out of which, 2,272 suspected cases were identified and 116 were found diagnosed with TB. Mumbai: The BMC recently conducted a drive to prevent tuberculosis (TB) cases, sending teams to carry out house-to-house surveys across 70 slums and crowded areas for people who could …
A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, launched by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Most of the drugs currently in the clinical pipeline are modifications of …
The health department woes in KwaZulu-Natal appear to be worsening after the DA claimed to have revealed negligence relating to more than 100 tuberculosis patients. The party claims that negligence by the health department has caused 123 TB patients in KZN to go deaf. DA MPL Dr Imraan Keeka said …
