Items tagged with TB programs
Here’s why India is struggling and failing to control TB (post)
“You have TB,” my general practitioner said. These three words changed my life,” writes Deepti Chavan in The BMJ, who was treated by private practitioners in Mumbai. A year into the treatment, she was told she had multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and needed surgery.
Door-to-door search finds 1,800 new TB cases in 18 states in India (post)
An intensified house-to-house search has picked up as many as 1,800 new tuberculosis (TB) cases across 50 high-risk districts in 18 states between January 15 to 31. From among 34 lakh people screened in the fortnight-long programme, at least 26,000 were identified with TB symptoms, with 1,800 confirmed cases so far. The sputum taken from others is currently being analysed. Nearly one million TB cases remain “missing” every year in the country for lack of diagnosis or treatment. “To end TB, we need to treat the missing cases and now trained health workers are doing a house-to-house search. So far, they have picked up 1,800 new patients in just a fortnight,” Dr Sunil Khaparde, Deputy Director General of Central TB Division said.
India plans to expand access to new TB drug (post)
The Government of India is planning to increase access to a new drug for drug-resistant TB after a landmark court ruling. Dinesh C Sharma reports from New Delhi.
China issues guideline on TB prevention, treatment (post)
BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's central government has issued a guideline on the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis.
Mass TB screening launched in Marshall Islands (post)
MAJURO, February 21 — A mass screening and treatment program for tuberculosis was scheduled to get underway today on Ebeye Island in the Marshall Islands. It is the second phase of a project that was launched in November with an outreach awareness and registration program of about 60 percent of Ebeye’s population in preparation for the nine-week phase two program.
What India needs to do if it's serious about going TB-free by 2025 (post)
The deadline will need in excess of Rs 9,000 crore until then to expedite elimination efforts, starting now.
African policymakers renew call for investments in TB control (post)
NAIROBI, Feb. 28 -- Countries in sub-Saharan Africa should prioritize new investments in diagnostic equipments, case management and public awareness to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB), policymakers said Tuesday.
India: ICMR to conduct clinical trials for evaluating TB drugs and vaccines (post)
Aiming to reduce by 90 per cent the tuberculosis incidence and mortality by the year 2035 in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon conduct clinical trials for evaluating tuberculosis drugs and vaccines.
India TB Caucus launched to accelerate TB elimination (post)
Over 30 members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Assembly came together for the launch of the India TB Caucus, a unique network of elected representatives committed to Ending TB in India. Led by its members, for its members, the Caucus will work collectively and individually to End TB in India. The India TB Caucus will engage with political networks, the Government and civil society groups to raise the profile of the disease and confront the stigma and social isolation associated with it.
Indian government wants elimination of TB by 2025: Target will need 95% reduction in new cases (post)
“Elimination of tuberculosis by 2025 is also targeted,” finance minister Arun Jaitley said during his February 1, 2017, budget speech as he spoke about eliminating Kala-Azar (black fever or Visceral leishmaniasis) and filariasis by 2017, leprosy by 2018 and measles by 2020.
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