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India known as nation with world's largest healthcare programme: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi said India has made healthcare more affordable and accessible over the past 12 years through initiatives such ...- Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...
- What is 'White Plague'? Why this disease - deadlier than COVID - is rising in the US; Nearly 1,000 cases reported in New York alone; Check symptoms and treatmentTuberculosis, historically known as the 'White Plague,' is experiencing a concerning resurgence globally and in the US, with cases rising s...
- 100-Day TB Elimination Campaign: How ASHA workers fighting to rid tuberculosis of social stigmaASHA workers like Ranjana Chaudhary are tackling social stigma about tuberculosis in India's rural regions through the 100-Day Intensified ...
- Kansas faces largest documented tuberculosis outbreak in U.S. history, health officials confirmKansas is experiencing the biggest TB outbreak in American history. So far, KDHE confirmed 67 active and 79 latent cases in the state.
- Govt approves TB supplement ahead of pending trial results, experts raise concernsThe government has decided to introduce Energy Dense Nutritional Supplementation (EDNS) for 12 lakh underweight TB patients, opting for sac...
- TB outbreak in California's Long Beach: 1 dead, 170 likely to be exposedTuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- 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.
- World Tuberculosis Day: Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirms commitment to make India TB-free by 2025"Tuberculosis is a preventable & treatable disease. On World TB Day, we reaffirm commitment to make India TB-free by 2025 by ensuring acces...
- World Tuberculosis Day: TB is curable. Visit a doctor if you experience chest or joint pain, evening feverIndia alone accounts for one fourth of the global TB burden.
- World Tuberculosis Day: Disease causes infertility, only lungs are at serious danger, and other myths bustedTB is one of the most-misunderstood diseases with many misconceptions surrounding it.
- FM Nirmala Sitharaman wants to eradicate TB by 2025: Know causes, symptoms & treatment of the diseaseTuberculosis is among one of the biggest risks in India, and kills 1.5 mn people every year.
- Don't wait for the symptoms, new blood test can predict onset of TB six months in advanceThis test can help treat the disease better, and save countless lives.
- Driving innovation: Global fund fosters partnership between India & UK to combat health challengesThe Global Fund was created in 2002. With public donors including the USA, UK, and private donors such as the Gates Foundation, it has used...
- PM Narendra Modi launches campaign to eradicate TB from India by 2025The prime minister launched the TB-free India Campaign to take the activities under the National Strategic Plan for TB Elimination forward ...
- Tuberculosis an 'economic drain', impediment to development: Ratan Tata"TB is a significant economic drain, especially on our poor, and results in discrimination at schools and workplace," Ratan Tata said.
- 2.1 million cases of tuberculosis in India annuallyHealth MInister J.P. Nadda said that the vast majority of the population infected with the bacteria have "latent TB infection rather than T...
- Malnutrition, not HIV, main trigger of tuberculosis in India: StudyAn annual estimated mortality of 2, 70,000 deaths means that tuberculosis claims one life in India every two minutes.
- A million children develop TB annually: StudyResearchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School estimated the number of childhood tuberculosis cases at 1 million ...
- TB drops globally, wreaks havoc in IndiaThe number of people who fell ill with tuberculosis globally dropped to 8.8 million in 2010, the disease still wreaked havoc in India
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