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.
24 Mar, 2023, 04.40 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
World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Significance, Theme and all about the deadly diseaseWorld Tuberculosis Day 2023 urges global action to end the deadly epidemic with the theme 'Yes! We can end TB.
23 Mar, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
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...
23 Oct, 2022, 08.13 AM IST
360-degree holistic approach cornerstone of TB elimination in India: Health Minister MandaviyaNoting the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the minister said, "For more than two years, we have been facing the global pandemic ...
24 Mar, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Tuberculosis impacts your eyes, brain & skin. Here’s how to detect the ailment and manage itCommon symptoms of TB include fever, convulsions, weakness, and confusion.
24 Mar, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
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...
24 Mar, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
Five facts about tuberculosis, a 40,000-year-old infection that continues to plague thousands across the globeHere are five things to know about an infection that has scourged the world for tens of thousands of years.
23 Mar, 2022, 06.15 PM IST
View: Covid set back our fight against TB, but its lessons are strengthening TB management nowIn every adversity lies an opportunity, and this pandemic has provided us with one to augment TB elimination efforts by strengthening our p...
24 Mar, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
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.
24 Mar, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
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.
24 Mar, 2020, 09.54 AM IST
Centre, state govts working to make India TB-free by 2025: PM ModiIn a series of tweets on the World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, he said, the government reaffirms its commitment towards ensuring a TB-free socie...
24 Mar, 2019, 01.28 PM IST
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...
24 Mar, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
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 ...
08 Mar, 2017, 10.13 PM IST
- World TB day: Need to raise public spend on clinical trials & find innovative ways to incentivise R&D
March 24 is World TB day. It commemorates the discovery of Tuberculosis (TB) bacillus in 1883 by Dr Robert Koch as the cause of tuberculosi...
24 Mar, 2012, 06.09 AM IST
- UN calls for action to end TB epidemic
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for waging a war against root causes of tuberculosis which kills 4,000 people a day.
25 Mar, 2008, 02.00 PM IST
- UN calls for action to end TB epidemic
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for waging a war against root causes of tuberculosis (TB) which kills 4,000 people ...
25 Mar, 2008, 01.11 PM IST