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India's success in reducing TB incidence acknowledged in WHO's Global TB Report 2023: Health MinistryIndia's efforts have resulted in the reduction of tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent in 2022 from 2015, almost double the pace at which ...08 Nov, 2023, 08.38 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
- India has seen reduction in TB incidence: MandaviyaIndia has achieved a 13% reduction in TB incidence and a 15% reduction in mortality rate from 2015 to 2022, surpassing global reduction rat...25 May, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
- India develops own model for estimating TB cases in countryIndia has become the first country in the world to have developed a country-level mathematical model to estimate the prevalence of TB cases...28 Mar, 2023, 10.55 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
- NIRT plans study on whether booster BCG can help prevent tuberculosisThe efficacy of BCG vaccination in newborns is well known and has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in ...04 Jul, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
- Bharat Biotech enters into partnership with Biofabri for TB vaccineThe new TB vaccine, 'MTBVAC', is being manufactured and developed by Biofabri, in close collaboration with the University of Zaragoza, IAVI...16 Mar, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
- 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 ...13 May, 2020, 02.27 PM IST
- TB threat during Haj: Hygiene & surveillance can prevent spreadAccording to the IJID study, the holy cities of Mecca and Medina have TB incidence four times more than the national average of Saudi Arabi...08 Jul, 2017, 12.03 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
- WHO reports says India has highest number of TB cases: GovernmentA recent WHO report has ranked India with having the highest number of tuberculosis cases in the world, Health Minister J P Nadda said toda...18 Dec, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
- 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...24 Apr, 2015, 03.04 PM IST
- 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.04 Apr, 2015, 11.15 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
- 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...24 Oct, 2014, 11.15 AM IST
- Need to address drug-resistant TB cases in India: Union Health SecretaryIndia accounts for nearly one-fourth of global incidence of TB and public health officials here are working on finding a cure for drug-resi...06 Aug, 2014, 04.16 PM IST
- UK announces timetable for TB screening from August 16 in IndiaUK today announced the timetable and arrangements for the introduction of pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening from August 16.08 Aug, 2012, 08.51 PM IST
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