The tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday. According to the WHO's Global TB Report 2016, India was one of six nations which
In what should come as a warning signal for the government, India's annual burden of tuberculosis cases could stand at over 3.8 million, roughly twice the 2.2 million a year estimated in 2014, a new
London: Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis that has largely been associated with children who are affected with the disease and also has important implications for the TB control programme. These children all across
New Delhi: With more than 1,300 persons succumbing to cancer every day, it has become one of the major causes of death occurring in the country due to communicable and life-style ailments, followed by tuberculosis.As
Guwahati: About 17 per cent of tea labourers in Assam were suffering from tuberculosis following which the state government is planning to initiate DOTS centres across all gardens.Replying to a query by AGP MLA Keshab
Mumbai: Only with political will and commitment, backed by sufficient resources, can India effectively control tuberculosis (TB) that kills over three lakh people every year, says a Mumbai-based senior doctor.Unless this happens, TB will continue
Kolkata: India is unlikely to reach the WHO target of elimination of tuberculosis (TB) by 2050 going by the rate at which incidence of the disease is declining in the country.“Incidence of TB in India
Washington: Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it is making inroads in fighting the deadly disease.The
Rome: The World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), on Thursday presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease.There are 33 countries and
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