A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization and UNAIDS has estimated that if efforts are not made to mitigate and overcome interruptions in health services and supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, a six-month disruption of antiretroviral therapy could lead to more than 500 000 extra deaths from AIDS-related …
Seven pharmaceutical companies and four research institutions, working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have launched a groundbreaking partnership, to expedite the discovery of new treatments for tuberculosis. The partnership, kno wn as the TB Drug Accelerator (TBDA), will target the discovery of new TB drugs by collaborating on …
Under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme of India, patients with new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis are treated with a thrice-weekly regimen of antitubercular drugs for 6 months. The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of the efficacy and tolerability of this regimen under clinical trial conditions in HIV-negative patients with newly …
NEW DELHI, 20 JUNE: The ministry of health & family welfare has issued a gazette notification under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act banning the manufacture and sale as well as the import of serological test kits to detect tuberculosis (TB). The notification was issued on 7 June. The serological (blood …
The Centre has banned the manufacture and sale of serodiagnostic kits for tuberculosis. A notification issued by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Arun Panda on June 7 states that serodiagnostic test kits have led to imprecise results and inconsistent diagnosis of TB, leading to risk to …
The High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file counter objections in a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the proposed translocation of captive elephants to Madhya Pradesh. The petitioner - Compassion Unlimited Plus Action - had sought to restrain the government from translocating 29 elephants to Madhya Pradesh. …
China faces a "serious epidemic" of drug-resistant tuberculosis according to the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there, said a US-published study on Wednesday. "In 2007, one third of the patients with new cases of tuberculosis and one half of the patients with previously treated tuberculosis had …
WHO panel proposed treaty requires all governments to share cost India supports a proposed legally binding global instrument that requires all governments to share the cost of research and development (R&D;). The treaty, recommended by a World Health Organisation panel, will boost access to countries least able to pay for …
The $7.8-billion US-based medical technology major Becton Dickinson (BD), is in the final stages of developing a new technology for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), which kills 300,000 Indians every year. The commonly adopted method is to manually check a slide sample under a microscope. “We have developed a Micro Imager where, …
JAIPUR: Jhunjhunu on Thursday earned the distinction of being the first smoke-free district in the state on World No Tobacco Day. Now, if any person is caught smoking at public places in Jhunjhunu, he or she would be challaned. The public places include railway station, bus stands, banks, government offices, …
The 2-year follow-up results for a randomized placebo-controlled study of 47 patients with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treated with either the new diarylquinoline TMC207, recently renamed bedaquiline, or placebo, added to the first 8 weeks of a background regimen, are presented. Bedaquiline significantly reduced the time to culture conversion over 24 …
For reducing morbidity, mortality and disabilities from the six serious but preventable diseases—that is, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis and measles—the government of India initiated Expanded Programme on Immunisation by making free vaccination services easily available to all eligible children. Despite considerable gains in immunisation coverage, a large chunk of …
India's success in polio eradication has infused positive energy into the global campaign against the disease, Bill Gates, founder-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said on Thursday. Terming India's experience with polio eradication a “big thing,” he said he had spent more time on this programme than anything …
Sulphur dioxide, pretty notorious as a gaseous pollutant, may potentially have a role to play in tackling tuberculosis (TB), according to a recent paper by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune. Their findings, potentially, open the door to the development of various sources of …
Till now, doctors in the private sector were free to treat TB patients, and weren't required to keep a record. India has finally declared tuberculosis (TB) a notifiable disease. The announcement signifies that with immediate effect, all private doctors, caregivers and clinics treating a patient suffering from TB will have …
Of the 74 districts monitored in February, five reported 189 incidents of child mortality as compared to the preceding month when 157 children died in seven districts. Also, 51 such deaths were recorded in seven districts in December, says a Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) report issued here on …
With cases of MDR and XDR tuberculosis being reported from various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry has decided to make TB a notifiable disease. This means any institution, government or private, which sees a new tuberculosis patient, will have to mandatorily inform designated health authorities about the …
MUMBAI: The National Tuberculosis Institute (NTI) in Bangalore has validated Hinduja Hospital's January report about total drug resistance in eight TB patients. A copy of the report was sent to the state TB department on Monday. "The DOTS-plus (Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse ) team will discuss the re por t …
India is home of the largest population of patients with tuberculosis and tobacco users in the world. Smokeless tobacco use exceeds smoking and is increasing. There is no study to dater that reports smokeless tobacco use before and after the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. The researchers assessed smokeless tobacco …
The scale up of DOTS in India is one of the greatest public health accomplishments, and yet undiagnosed and poorly managed TB continues to fuel the epidemic such that India continues to have the highest number of TB cases in the world. Recognizing these challenges, the Government of India has …
The Phase II (2006-2012) of the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) has been successful in achieving its objectives. Tuberculosis (TB) disease burden (prevalence and mortality) in India has reduced significantly when compared to 1990 levels, and India is on track to achieve the TB related millennium development goals. Despite …
