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 …
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. The health ministry was forced to get vaccines illegally from the very public sector manufacturers it suspended last year Shuvam Kumar …
The failure of the government to form a clear-cut policy to control/treat tuberculosis (TB) in animals has led to spread of the disease in humans. Non-pasteurised milk is the most common carrier of this infection as mycobacterium is the main cause of tuberculosis in bovine animals, which is transmitted to …
Around 250 brick kilns pose a major health threat to 1.4 million inhabitants of this district by using unauthorised and poisonous fuel, Dawn has learned during a survey. All kilns usually use plastic materials, wheat husk, dung, poultry waste, old tyres and substandard wood. Not even a single kiln was …
Amit Kumar (name changed), 39 years old, executive chef at a five-star hotel in the capital, was in for a shock when he met his doctor at Max Hospital at Saket, last January, complaining of persistent cough and fever. The diagnosis was unequivocal: tuberculosis (TB).
Consumption of highly contaminated and toxic water of Manchhar Lake continue to spread gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, C and typhoid among fishermen and their families living in the lake
Health and Family Welfare Minister Prof AFM Ruhal Haque has said necessary measures will be taken to reduce indoor air pollution (IAP) to minimise its dire impact on human body, preserve ecosystem and mitigate global warming. He was speaking at the inaugural session of a workshop titled 'Indoor Air Pollution' …
About five months ago, 16-year-old Rahul Jain had to stop playing cricket in school because his legs shook at odd moments and he would lose balance. When it became frequent, his parents took him to the doctor who diagnosed him with brain TB or tuberculosis meningitis. TB in the brain …
Tuberculosis is a serious health problem in Bangladesh as some 50 percent of the adult population are contagious with the mycobacterium tuberculosis germs, physicians told a roundtable yesterday. "Bangladesh is in 6th position among 22 countries in the world where number of tuberculosis patients are found largest," said Dr Mafuza …
India is an increasingly influential player in the global pharmaceutical market. Key parts of the drug regulatory system are controlled by the states, each of which applies its own standards for enforcement, not always consistent with others. A pilot study was conducted in two major cities in India, Delhi and …
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem globally and its control is a daunting challenge in low-income country settings such as India. Our country contributes 20% of the global burden of new TB cases. TB in children remains a major public health concern, especially as severe forms of the …
The hookah, a waterpipe, originated in India and became popular for smoking tobacco. It spread elsewhere and acquired other names like nargile, shisha, goza and hubble-bubble, before its popularity declined in India. A resurgence of hookah smoking is occurring in India and around the world, and is being promoted as …
R. PRASAD The Phase IV trial started in June 2006 to treat patients simultaneously for both TB and HIV has returned some important results. The trial once again reinforced the need to treat the afflicted for both the diseases simultaneously. According to earlier guidelines, patients were to be treated for …
NEW DELHI: A crucial finding by clinicians in Mexico, the country where the deadly H1N1 flu virus originated, could have India worried. Initial observations made by the WHO, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the Mexican clinicians who studied the first 40 deaths in Mexico show that people with …
President Obama asked Congress on Tuesday to spend $63 billion over the next six years on a new, broader global health strategy that would reshape one of the signature foreign policy efforts of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Mr. Bush made combating global AIDS a centerpiece of his foreign agenda. …
