Page 8 - Tuberculosis
Intravenous TB vaccination more effective than other methods: Study
In a study, published in the journal Nature, the scientists showed that simply changing the way the vaccine is administered could dramatically boost its protective power
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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
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Deaths due to TB down 19% between 2010-2018: Govt tells Lok Sabha
The total number of deaths due to TB, including TB HIV, have reduced by 19 per cent in India from 5,57,000 in 2010 to 4,49,000 in 2018
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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
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Anti-tuberculosis drug market continues to shrink for private firms
Lupin, the largest player in India's anti-TB market, too admitted that in anti-TB segment, the focus on branded business has declined in the past few years
Despite free treatment, 25% Indian TB patients had to sell assets to pay
Out-of-pocket (OOP) health expenses drove 55 million Indians--more than the population of South Korea, Spain or Kenya--into poverty in 2011-12
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Fit & Proper: Let's look at the five crucial facts about tuberculosis
TB is caused by a type of air-borne bacteria that mainly attacks and infects the lungs
India's drug-resistant TB patients face late diagnoses, confusing treatment
India also has the highest share (24%) of drug-resistant TB cases, i.e. patients resistant to one or more first line drugs used to treat the more common, drug-sensitive TB
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Fighting tuberculosis: Why other states should follow Telangana and Andhra
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have thousands of unqualified traditional practitioners who mainly work within communities and wield trust among them
Fighting drug-resistant TB: What India can learn from S Africa's success
If India follows new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in August 2018 and reiterated on December 21, 2018, other drug-resistant TB patients will not have to struggle similarly
India needs to fight multi drug-resistant tuberculosis, before it gets late
If India follows new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines released in August 2018 and reiterated on December 21, 2018, other drug-resistant TB patients will not have to struggle similarly
Over 800,000 TB patients receive benefit from DBT scheme, says minister
The Minister also stated that the ministry has provided detailed guidance to the states and UTs on how DBT is to be operationalized
How shame of contagion keeps alive romantic notions of how the Brontës died
Branwell, Emily, and Anne all died from various forms of tuberculosis between September 1848 and May 1849
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To eliminate TB, India first needs to improve its private healthcare sector
The private sector handles an estimated two-thirds of India's 2.74 million new TB cases--the highest TB burden in the world
How Kerala is engaging with private healthcare sector to fight tuberculosis
The relationship between the public and private healthcare systems in India is tenuous
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How a community group is supporting Kerala TB patients at no cost to govt
Here's how the Pathanamthitta blueprint holds a solution to India's struggle against drug-resistant TB
How once 'backward' Idukki is helping India eradicate tuberculosis
IndiaSpend is tracking Kerala's ambitious plans to reduce the number of TB cases to 2020 by 2020
'Latent' tuberculosis? It is really not that common, experts find
Drug-resistant TB remains a crisis, the WHO reported, and just three countries - India, China and Russia - account for almost half the cases
New blood test can detect tuberculosis 2 years in advance, find scientists
Researchers developed blood test that measures expression levels of four genes that can more accurately predict development of TB
TB is no longer the disease of the poor; steps to manage and contain it
Worse, it is antibiotic resistant; get yourself tested if you think you have the disease; start treatment immediately, self-quarantine for 2-3 weeks
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