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 …
Tuberculosis cases are on the rise in the northeastern state of Mizoram with around 600 cases being detected during the first six months this year against only 80 cases in the entire year last year, officials said here Monday. "There were 592 fresh tuberculosis cases reported in Mizoram during January …
Healthcare Providers Submit List After Govt Rule Made It Mandatory In 2012 The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recorded 727 fresh cases of tuberculosis (TB), as reported by private hospitals in the city ever since it was made a notifiable disease by the Union government last May. This is in …
Universal health coverage ensures everyone has access to the health services they need without suffering financial hardship as a result. In December 2012, a UN resolution was passed encouraging governments to move towards providing universal access to affordable and quality health care services. As countries move towards it, common challenges …
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh Block, Bijapur District where 13 deaths occurred. While unofficial numbers of death are being pegged at …
At least 30 unnatural deaths, 15 of which owe direct allegiance to diarrhoea, have been reported from various remote villages of Bastar division in the past one month. The worst affected has been Bhairamgarh Block, Bijapur District where 13 deaths occurred. While unofficial numbers of death are being pegged at …
As many as 32,664 children below five years have died in Mumbai city and suburbs in the past five years (from 2008 to 2012). The alarming number was revealed through Right To Information (RTI) Act. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) gave the figure to RTI activist Chetan Kothari. “It was …
MUMBAI: The good and bad of Mumbai are both translating into an unhealthy portrait of the city. On the one hand, its status as the highest per capita income city could be fuelling its biggest health problems — namely the twin epidemics of diabetes and hypertension. On the other, being …
‘Nutrition has been identified as one of the factors impacting treatment outcomes’. Health activists have suggested linking the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) with the food security programme to be launched shortly for better treatment outcomes. Good nutrition has a broader positive impact on health and the RNTCP should …
Mumbai seems to have managed to ‘fight the bite’ over the past two years and control malaria to an extent but dengue and tuberculosis have raised their ugly head. A `white paper on health’ released by non-profit organisation Praja Foundation Monday claimed dengue cases had increased seven times, from a …
Chemists Say They Are Yet To Get Drugs With Revised Pricing From Monday the most essential drugs will go cheaper by10 to 50% as the revised prices fixed by the national pharmaceutical pricing authority comes into force. In the first phase the prices of 151 formulations will come down and …
Little is known about the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in HIV-co-infected adolescents. This study aimed to present the intermediate outcomes of HIV-infected adolescents aged 10–19 years receiving second-line anti-TB treatment in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project in Mumbai, India. Original Source
A new survey report has revealed that in every 100 HIV infected people around 12 people (11.5 per cent) have Tuberculosis (TB). According to the report, in every 100 TB patient two people (2.4 per cent) have HIV. Last week, National Tuberculosis Centre revealed the report after a yearlong survey …
For more than 2.2 million tuberculosis (TB) patients in India — the highest figure in the world — chances of recovery are dwindling. The disease claims an Indian every two minutes. In the coming months, the numbers are only likely to go up. The government has failed to procure certain …
Stakeholders were not playing their due role to reduce air pollution that making a large number of people suffering from respiratory and skin diseases in Quetta. This was said by experts who were talking to APP, here on Wednesday. Dr Munir Ahmed Raisani, chest specialist and former programme manager TB …
Mumbai: The Centre should strengthen the tuberculosis-control programme if it wants to stop thousands of avoidable deaths in the city, a petition signed by over hundred experts here stated. Addressed to Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, the petition asked the Centre to recognize …
The Global Fund (The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) offered a grant of US $ 1.9 million to the Sri Lankan government for use on TB control activities. Annually around 10,000 new TB cases are detected in Sri Lanka of which 8,000 are cured, Health Minister Maithripala …
Alleging that dust particles released by Toshali cement factory situated at Koraput's Ampabali under Pottangi block is polluting the atmosphere, tribals locked the factory for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Over 500 villagers of Ampabali and Golur panchayat have sat on a dharna in front of the company's main …
The World Health Organization has, for the first time in 40 years, issued interim guidance for the use of a new Tuberculosis drug — Bedaquiline. The drug was granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year. As per a press statement issued by the WHO on …
WHO estimates that up to half a million new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) occur worldwide, each year. Current treatment regimens for MDR-TB present many challenges: treatment lasts 20 months or more, requiring daily administration of drugs that are more toxic, less effective, and far more expensive than those used …
State of food security in Pakistan has deteriorated since 2003. The conditions for it are inadequate in 80 out of 131 districts of Pakistan. Ab out 48.6 percent of Pakistanis do not have access to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. This was stated by CEO Society for …
