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Why increasing rates of tuberculosis in UK, US should concern everyone
During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected. This comes on the back of increasing rates of TB in the US year on year since the start of...
21.69 lakh TB cases notified between Jan-Oct: Centre
3 Dec 2024TB notification has been a concern in India, but the country has seen improvements in recent years.
TB elimination: 100-day Intensified campaign to begin on Dec 7 across...
1 Dec 2024District Health Officers, Corporation Health Officers and Municipal Health Officers and Deputy Directors (TBs) have been told to take necessary steps...
TB in Africa: global report shows successes, but Nigeria and DRC...
4 Nov 2024The good news is that some countries in Africa have made significant progress in reducing infection rates and TB-related deaths. Some of the report’s...
Tuberculosis cases in Tamil Nadu crosses 75K mark in 2024
4 Nov 2024While the success rate of treatment for tuberculosis is 85 per cent in the state, the increase in the identified cases is concerning and requires...
India records 17.7 pc decline in TB incidence from 2015 to 2023, says...
2 Nov 2024In its Global TB Report 2024 released on October 29, WHO has acknowledged the tremendous progress India has made in closing the gap of missed...
India offers high treatment coverage against TB: WHO
1 Nov 2024The country also achieved a significant increase in the number of people receiving preventative therapy for household contacts of TB patients and...
Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity driving abdominal obesity in...
27 Oct 2024Swaminathan, who is currently the Principal Advisor for the Health Ministry’s tuberculosis programme called for expanding access to healthier diets...