Items tagged with TB programs
India to roll out daily drug regimen for TB (post)
After a delay of nearly a year, the State is expected to roll out the daily drug regimen for treatment of tuberculosis (TB) under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in February this year. All drug procurement logistics and trainings have been completed by the State.
India: HIV/TB coinfected people can get FDC drugs on daily basis in government hospitals (post)
HIV and TB affected persons can collect Fixed-Dose Combination (FDC) drugs to treat TB from government hospitals on a daily basis from Thursday (January 26).
Bedaquiline debate: Domicile requirement for TB patients to get live-saving drug may no longer apply (post)
An unreasonable domicile requirement that was responsible for denying the life-saving bedaquiline drug to many patients suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis may no longer apply.
40 percent of all TB patients do not get diagnosed till it is too late: Dr Lancelot Pinto (post)
In an interview with ETHealthworld, Dr Lancelot Pinto, Consultant Respirologist, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai, talks about the disease burden of tuberculosis worldwide and the measures that have been taken to ensure better prevention and diagnosis of the disease.
Mandatory TB notification in Mysore city, India: Have we heard the private practitioner’s plea? (post)
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The government still needs to find the money to eliminate TB and kala azar (post)
In his budget speech on Wednesday (February 1), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the government’s intention to eliminate five chronic diseases that affect poor people. “Government has therefore prepared an action plan to eliminate kala azar and filariasis by 2017, leprosy by 2018 and measles by 2020,” he said. “Elimination of tuberculosis by 2025 is also targeted.”
Kenya rolls out first survey on TB prevalence (post)
Kenya’s health ministry is carrying out a tuberculosis prevalence survey that will determine the accurate burden of TB in Kenya and inform policy formulation.
Fixed drug combinations for TB rolled out in Mumbai (post)
MUMBAI: The BMC on Monday (February 6) rolled out fixed dose combinations for patients of drug-sensitive tuberculosis, which will not only reduce the pill burden but also increase their adherence to treatment. This also marks a significant shift in the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) programme, where a patient used to be administered the medicines thrice a week under the supervision of a doctor.
India’s fight against TB: why we are failing (post)
Tuberculosis or TB is a global health crisis that affects an estimated 9.6 million people in the world. 2.8 million of those affected are Indians, making India the TB capital of the world. The disease continues to spread at an alarming rate in the country, making it an epidemic.
UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations (post)
New York, 8 February - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) announced a new US$11 million grant to fight tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia. Aiming to strengthen detection, diagnosis and treatment of TB in the South American country, the funds will focus on TB/HIV co-infections, drug resistant TB, and TB in Bolivian prison populations.
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