$46 yield per dollar invested: Here's why the world should invest more to eradicate tuberculosisThe world is failing to address tuberculosis (TB) and meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with current trends showing a 50-...
World TB Day: Once regarded as a death sentence, tuberculosis is mostly curable today; six red flags to watch out forMen, the elderly are more vulnerable to TB.
Urgency lacking as TB passes Covid as biggest killer: ExpertTuberculosis, once called consumption, was the world's biggest infectious killer before the arrival of Covid-19, with 1.5 million people dy...
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...
A 'Lancet' study says Covid-19 pandemic may lead to surge in HIV, malaria deaths; timely treatment can save livesCore services for HIV, TB, and malaria could largely mitigate the broader health impact of the pandemic.
TB, Malaria & AIDS toll may rise as focus shifts to Covid-19As per mathematical models, each month of lockdown in India could cause an additional 40,685 deaths between 2020 and 2025 due to TB. India ...
Mylan working with DCGI to launch new TB drug in IndiaMylan will be in a position to launch the product in India soon after receiving approvals from DCGI," Mylans global president and executive...
World TB Day: Over 25% TB patients in India are resistant to at least one anti-TB drug"High rates of treatment failure and deaths are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in the Indian cohort of MDR-TB patients," stated...
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.
Half of 4.3 million undocumented TB cases in India, Indonesia, Nigeria: WHOThere were estimated 10.4 million new TB cases worldwide in 2015, the global health body said that six countries including India accounted ...
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...
India recorded largest number of TB cases in 2014India, Indonesia and China had the largest number of cases at 23 per cent, 10 per cent and 10 per cent respectively of the global total in ...
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...
24% of global missed TB cases in India: WHOThe number of missed cases is defined as the difference between the estimated number of incident cases and notified (new and relapse) cases...
India inks USD 100 mn agreement with World Bank for treatment of TB"The project will contribute to scaling up free-of-charge MDR TB services, helping many more families avoid death and impoverishment.
- 900 people dying of TB every day in India
There is a decline in the death rate due to tuberculosis in India but still 900 people die of the disease every day in the country, Governm...
- India should join global anti-TB plan: WB study
Countries like India and China, with high numbers of TB cases could gain more from the money they spend on diagnosis and treatment of the d...