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 …
The world might have progressed by leaps and bounds over the years, but when it comes to tuberculosis scenario in Kashmir the people affected by it are unwilling to share information as they fear isolation.
Rio De Janeiro: The Global TB Control Report released here on World TB Day revealed that one out of four TB deaths in the world are HIV-related, twice as many as previously recognised. Experts said that these numbers should serve as a warning signal to high-burden countries like India to …
NGOs launched a unique nationwide campaign to coincide with the World TB Day to bring accountability to the political leadership of the country on the issue. The campaign will ask members of Parliament throughout the country to submit via questionnaires the improvement registered in curbing the deadly disease in their …
Chikmagalur: As many as 7,653 TB patients have been detected in Chikmagalur district between 2003 and 2008, said TB Control Officer. In a press release, he said in 2003, it was 1,288; 1,500 in 2004; 1,437 in 2005; 1,224 in 2006; 1,170 in 2007 and 1,134 in 2008. The revised …
LUCKNOW: Several thick government files with yellowed pages are piled up high inside the tuberculosis cell of the state health department giving it the `normal'look of any government office. But the environment hasn't dampened the thinking process of the people working in this cell. The proof of this is the …
Sri Lanka has 17,000 Tuberculosis (TB) patients. Between 8,000 and 11,000 new TB patients are discovered from the country every year, a Health Ministry spokesman said. A total of 8,996 new TB patients were discovered last year, the spokesman said. Meanwhile Sri Lanka has targeted to eradicate TB by 2015. …
Pune As many as 147 out of the 215 TB patients who died in Pune in 2008 had HIV The TB-HIV link is getting stronger in Pune. Out of the 215 tuberculosis (TB) patients who died in 2008 in Pune, at least 147 were infected with HIV. In Pimpri-Chinchwad area, …
Around 30 million people of the world breathing their last every year as a result of Tuberculosis while in Pakistan it claims the lives of around 70,000 people in a year. In the year 1933, the United Nations had declared Tuberculosis as world disaster because of its rapid spread in …
Mumbai: There is a growing belief among experts that multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR), and its deadlier cousin, the extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR), may soon become bigger threats than HIV-AIDS. Yet these new strains of TB do not find any mention in the national TB control programme. Worse, Mumbai has no …
Each year, more than 0.3 million people end up with tuberculosis (TB) in Pakistan, which already ranks eighth among high TB burden countries in the world with an estimated prevalence of 181/100,000. This finding was presented at a press conference organized by the Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan (Guarantee) Limited, in …
Around 2,770 Tuberculosis (TB) deaths were reported in 1990 while in 2008 only 1,685 deaths were reported, a Healthcare and Nutrition Ministry spokesman said. Sri Lanka has targeted to eradicate TB by 2015 and the Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) treatment has already covered 78.5 percent of the country, the spokesman …
LONDON In a major breakthrough, scientists have discovered that ultraviolet lights can be used to reduce the spread of tuberculosis in hospital wards and waiting rooms. Tuberculosis infects over nine million people worldwide every year and a majority of these are in India and South Africa. Nearly two million people …
V NarayanaMurthi VELLORE: The Christian Medical College Hospital (CMCH), in association with the National TB Division attached to the Union Ministry of Health, is all set to launch a pilot project
Pakistan ranks sixth among the countries with a highest burden of tuberculosis (TB) contributing about 44percent to tuberculosis burden on the Eastern Mediterranean Region. TB is an increasing and major problem globally, especially in the third world countries, including Pakistan, Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) Chairman, Dr Masood Akhtar Sheikh said. …
CHENNAI: Though there is a growing awareness of tuberculosis among people in the rural areas across the State, not many of them are familiar with the DOTS (directly observed treatment, short course) expansion programme, a survey found. The survey was conducted by a 16-member National Cadet Corps (NCC) team of …
March 6: At least 30 per cent of TB patients in certain areas of the state such as Vijayawada are HIV positive, revealed the TB Alert UK chief executive, Mr Mike Man-delbaum. Mr Mike also informed, "Around 1.7 million people die of TB every year in the world with majority …
LUCKNOW: The Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences started a tuberculosis awareness drive on Tuesday, with a rath yatra of TB experts visiting various DOTS centres across the city. The yatra was flagged off by institute director Dr A K Mahapatra from the general hospital of SGPGIMS. The yatra …
