Page 3 - Tuberculosis In India

India warming up to vast potential of crowd-funding for healthcare

Of the 1.3 million active patients in India, around 890,000 have given consent to be up for adoption

Serum Institute may give India its first adult tuberculosis vaccine

Will be critical to the success of India's drive to eliminate TB by 2025

Collective efforts needed to eliminate TB from India by 2025: Prez Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday urged citizens to work collectively towards the elimination of Tuberculosis from the country by 2025 on a war footing, as she virtually launched the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan. Lauding the government's initiative to provide community support to TB patients through the 'Ni-kshay 2.0' portal under which TB patients can be adopted and cared for by an individual, elected representatives or institutions, she urged everyone to make the campaign a people's movement. "When a welfare scheme is made in the interest of people, its chances of success increase manifold," she said in her address. Murmu said of all the infectious diseases, the maximum number of people die in India due to tuberculosis and of the total TB patients in the world, more than 25 per cent are in India, calling it a matter of concern. The President also launched the 'Ni-kshay Mitra' initiative to ensure additional diagnostic, nutritional, and vocational support to those on TB

India ramping up monkeypox testing capacity amid rising cases: Here's how

Tapping the TB testing network, screening tests, quick-result PCRs are all in the works

'Made in India' skin test for tuberculosis to be introduced soon: Mandaviya

A newly approved skin test for tuberculosis diagnosis will soon be introduced in the country, Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday, underlining that the kit made in India will be of immense benefit

'India may come up with vaccine against tuberculosis by 2024'

Currently, the BCG vaccine is used among children at the time of birth

India reports 19% jump in TB cases in 2021: India TB Report

TB notifications started to pick up towards the end of 2020, and a total of 1.8 mn cases could be notified, an increase of 11%

65 per cent of tuberculosis cases in 15-45 age group: Health minister

A staggering 65 per cent of the tuberculosis cases in India are in the 15-45 age group, which is the most economically productive population segment, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

US announces $57 mn aid for TB treatment in seven high-burden countries

The United States on Friday announced a USD 57 million aid for efforts against tuberculosis in seven high-burden countries, including India

India notified 2.4 mn tuberculosis cases, 79,144 deaths in 2019: Govt

On the basis of the score in State TB Index, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and HP were the best-performing states for tuberculosis control under the category of states with 5 mn population

India has largest number of multidrug-resistant TB cases, says MoS Health

Prime Minister had launched 'TB Free India' campaign on March 13, 2018 to end TB in India by 2025

Johnson & Johnson to expand its anti-TB programme in India

Programme aims to broaden access to treatment for multidrug-resistant strain, improve detection, build critical health systems, and raise awareness about TB at community level

Millions of TB patients in India have no food, weigh less than 20 kg

Under-nutrition increases the severity of TB, reduces patients' speed of recovery

Fit & Proper: Tackle tobacco to meet TB target

India must look beyond improving diagnosis and treatment and attack the many factors that are driving tuberculosis

What ails India's battle against TB: Patients not completing treatment

While the number of TB cases fell from 2015 to 2016, the number of MDR TB cases increased by 13 per cent

Getting the better of tuberculosis

In 2016 alone about 2.79 mn new cases of TB were detected in India and over 420,000 people lost their lives to the disease

India's ambitious new plan to conquer TB needs cash and commitment

The Indian government has already taken several steps over the past few years to address it

18 people die of tuberculosis every day, says NGO's study, govt denies data

Praja Foundation alleges BMC's 2015 software prevents it from accessing its own data on mortality

TB control: India has been skipping these 6 of WHO's 16 key guidelines

Diagnosis and drug-resistant treatment are the two critical areas where India has lagged

For decades, India has under-invested in TB control, says Madhukar Pai

India has not delivered because of poor investment and weak implementation, says Pai