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TB treatment is free. But are patients facing crippling costs?Government policy is to provide free diagnosis and treatment to all registered TB cases. Yet patients pay ‘out-of-pocket’ for several other...15 May, 2024, 12.31 PM IST- Study suggests nutrition support can help prevent TB related deaths in IndiaA monthly food basket with adequate protein and multivitamins can reduce new tuberculosis cases by nearly half among family members of TB p...09 Aug, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
- 'Stop TB' sets ball rolling for Bedaquiline's generic cloneStop TB Partnership has invited tenders for the production of bedaquiline, the first new therapy to be made available for tuberculosis (TB)...13 Jul, 2023, 11.47 PM IST
- World TB Day: PM Modi launches multiple initiatives to eradicate tuberculosisPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched various initiatives including TB-free panchayats, implementing a shorter TB Preventive Treatment (TPT...24 Mar, 2023, 04.03 PM IST
- Key patent application by J&J for TB drug rejectedThe company had filed a patent for Fumarate salt of bedaquiline in 2008 to extend its patent till the end of 2027. It was under review by t...23 Mar, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
- Mobile application comes in handy for healthcare workers as India chases target to reduce tuberculosis burden by 2025As per the World Health Organisation (WHO), the total number of incident TB patients (new and relapse) in 2021 in India was 19,33,381, a 19...22 Jan, 2023, 09.02 AM IST
- India in advanced stage to deliver on global plan for new TB vaccine by 2025: Mansukh MandaviyaTuberculosis caused 1.6 million deaths globally in 2021, making it the world's leading cause of death from infectious disease, before COVID...17 Jan, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
- TB patients at increased risk of all-cause mortality even after treatment: ICMRThough there is improved treatment outcome and a steady decline in mortality in recent years, long-term survival of these patients post tre...10 Jul, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
- This app detects tuberculosis by listening to the sound of your coughA machine learning algorithm was fed data of nearly 7000 infected TB cough. The result- a mobile app that can detect TB with over 85% accur...30 Dec, 2019, 11.43 AM IST
- Malaria eradication top priority for govt: Harsh VardhanThere are a couple of diseases which are on the radar of the health ministry and malaria is one of them, the Union Health Minister said.09 Sep, 2019, 04.34 PM IST
- States must invest in R&D to fund new drug discoveries: TB AllianceGeneric manufacturers are essential players in the fight to end TB so we do speak with generic manufacturers as part of our access strategy.26 Sep, 2018, 06.08 PM IST
- Johnson and Johnson to offer first TB drug in 40 years for $900J&J said India is eligible for the lowest global price and that it is working on a sustainable access strategy.22 Jul, 2018, 11.10 PM IST
- WHO gears up to help India eliminate tuberculosis by 2025World Health Organisation has called on countries in South- East Asia Region to build on recent momentum aimed at ending TB by 2030.11 Sep, 2017, 07.10 PM IST
- Drug to treat MDRTB to be made available across the country: GovernmentUnion Health Minister J P Nadda, in a written reply, said that the states are being prepared to monitor the treatment of patients with Beda...11 Apr, 2017, 09.30 PM IST
- TB epidemic in India larger than what was previously estimated: WHOThe Global Tuberculosis Report 2016 which was released today, however, said the number of TB deaths and incidences rate continue to fall gl...14 Oct, 2016, 12.42 AM IST
- Tuberculosis rate going down, but not fast enough to meet WHO target"Community support groups/NGOs can be effectively used to create awareness and both WHO and government of India should pursue these collabo...11 Jan, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
- Harsh Vardhan announces TB-Mission 2020Vardhan was speaking at WHO's Global TB Symposium titled 'Moving out of the box to end global TB epidemic: with post-2015 strategy' here.28 Oct, 2014, 10.44 PM IST
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