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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

Trajectory of a killer disease

Vidya Krishnan been on the health beat for many years and meticulously documented weaknesses in global and Indian health policy, which have turned it into an unacknowledged pandemic

'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%

Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirms commitment to make India TB-free by 2025

On World Tuberculosis Day today, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government's commitment to making India Tuberculosis-free by 2025.He said this will be achieved by ensuring access to quality healthcare and advanced treatment."Tuberculosis is a preventable & treatable disease. On World TB Day, we reaffirm commitment to make India TB-free by 2025 by ensuring access to quality healthcare & advanced treatment. Together we can and we will eliminate TB and work towards a healthy and disease-free," Mandaviya tweeted.The Union Minister also shared an image of sand art spreading awareness on Tuberculosis."Spreading awareness on TB through sand art! On World TB Day 2022, let us all pledge to 'Step Up To End TB'," he said.World Health Organization (WHO) has termed tuberculosis as the "second top infectious killer in the world."The WHO said that 4,100 people lose their lives to tuberculosis every day and nearly 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable ...

Govt employing multi-sectoral, holistic response towards TB elimination

The government has been employing a multi-sectoral, holistic and intersectional response towards eliminating tuberculosis, a senior official said

Bharat Biotech enters into partnership with Biofabri for TB vaccine

This partnership will guarantee the supply of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines in more than 70 countries, especially in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Over half a million extrapulmonary TB cases were diagnosed in 2021: Govt

MoS Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar said the number of deaths due to TB reported under the programme in 2021 for the patients initiated on TB treatment in 2020 is 76,002

Bharat Bio working on TB vaccine, to ink pact with a firm for technology

Without providing details on the name of the firm with which BBIL will be inking MoU, Ella said the TB vaccine is currently undergoing phase 3 clinical trials

Battling an ancient scourge

In Phantom Plague, Vidya Krishnan lays out the long, maddening history of tuberculosis

Get tested for TB if cough persists: Centre in new Covid guidelines

If cough persists for more than two-three weeks, one should opt for investigation for tuberculosis and other conditions, the revised guidelines stated

Over 18 lakh tuberculosis cases notified in 2020, says Mansukh Mandaviya

The lack of access to diagnostic facilities was not the reason for reduction in detection of TB cases, the minister said

Screen prison inmates every 6 months for TB, AIDS: NHRC to Gujarat govt

NHRC has asked the Gujarat government and its chief of prisons to screen inmates every six months for TB and HIV, officials said on Tuesday

India, Brazil, Russia, S Africa to study intersection of Covid, TB

A consortium of doctors and researchers from India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa have partnered to conduct a study on the epidemiological impact and intersection of the Covid-19 and Tuberculosis

'We want to make country TB-free by 2025': Health Minister Mandaviya

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that the government aims to make the country tuberculosis (TB) free by the year 2025.While speaking at Parliament House, Mandaviya said an awareness drive was in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal to make India TB-free by 2025."We want to make this country TB-free by 2025. We had never linked health with development. Under PM Modi's leadership, the definition of health has been comprehensive. In the coming days, India will achieve its target of making the health sector more robust," said Mandaviya.Apart from Mandaviya, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that he expected elected representatives to ensure steps for the eradication of the disease."Time has come to end deadly diseases in this country. We need to make collective efforts to win against TB. Poverty and malnutrition are two main reasons for TB. Elected representatives need to ensure steps for the eradication of the disease," said Birla.Rajya Sabha Chairman M ...

Gennova to use mRNA tech to develop vaccines for Zika, tuberculosis

mRNA vaccines typically have stringent temperature requirements to remain stable

India Coronavirus Dispatch: 30 mn in Maha at least partially vaccinated

Centre says Covid can make a person more susceptible to TB, about 2,500 Delhi jail inmates let out during Covid fail to surrender, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Covid can make one more susceptible to developing active tuberculosis: Govt

SARS-CoV-2 infection can make an individual more susceptible to developing active TB disease

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