Long way to go in war against TB, drug supply to continue: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
2 months, 1 week ago

Long way to go in war against TB, drug supply to continue: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Acknowledging that tuberculosis remains a significant health challenge in the country, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said that he recently held discussions with the Union Health Ministry to ensure a consistent supply of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs to address recent shortage. As per the WHO report, in 2023, India had around 2.7 million cases of TB, with 2.51 million people diagnosed and receiving treatment. The WHO reported a decrease in India’s TB incidence from 237 cases per 100,000 people in 2015 to 195 cases per 100,000 people in 2023, thus marking a 17.7% decline. The increase in coverage is attributed to the strong momentum India has built around TB case finding and the ongoing efforts to decentralise healthcare services, supported by over 170,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs across the country.

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National strategy for eradicating tuberculosis by 2025 includes quality treatment, says senior cardiologist
2 days, 10 hours ago

National strategy for eradicating tuberculosis by 2025 includes quality treatment, says senior cardiologist

New Indian Express  

KOLAR: The union government has developed the National strategic plan for Tuberculosis with the goal of eradicating it by 2025 said senior Cardiologist, National Institute of Rock Mechanics Dr Rajendra Kumar. Rajendra Kumar said early diagnosis of all the TB patients prompt treatment with quality assured drugs and treatment regiments along with suitable patient support systems to promote adherence. Accordingly, …

Centre orders screening camps to curb prevalence of TB in Indian prisons
6 days, 1 hour ago

Centre orders screening camps to curb prevalence of TB in Indian prisons

The Hindu  

Amid ongoing efforts by healthcare experts to reassure the public about reports of Human Metapneumovirus and respiratory illnesses, the Union government has directed States to conduct screening camps in prisons to detect and control the prevalence of tuberculosis. In an advisory issued to Home Secretaries and Heads of Prisons, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that the closed and overcrowded …

Tamil Nadu: DPH estimates 2.16 crore vulnerable to TB, advises all to get tested soon
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Tamil Nadu: DPH estimates 2.16 crore vulnerable to TB, advises all to get tested soon

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine has instructed the people belonging to the vulnerable population — estimated to be 2.16 crore — to get tested for the disease during the 100-day TB elimination campaign that commenced on December 7. During a review meeting on December 20, the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Dr T S …

Coimbatore's TB recovery rate exceeds 80% under NTEP: TN health department
4 weeks ago

Coimbatore's TB recovery rate exceeds 80% under NTEP: TN health department

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: As part of NTEP, a campaign that aims at eradicating tuberculosis by 2025, the state health department is conducting a TB DPPM programme involving all health facilities. While TB is a challenge in many states in India, 85 per cent of patients recover in Tamil Nadu every year, an officer in the health department said. The Tamil Nadu Public …

Behind India’s success in curbing tuberculosis
1 month ago

Behind India’s success in curbing tuberculosis

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to eliminate tuberculosis from India laid the foundation for a new model of TB care and management. India has a unique universal nutritional support scheme — the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana for TB patients. The monthly support under Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana was doubled to ₹1,000 per month from November 1, 2024, to reinforce India’s commitment …

Health departmentto screen 2 lakh people for Tuberculosis in Dharmapuri by 2025
1 month ago

Health departmentto screen 2 lakh people for Tuberculosis in Dharmapuri by 2025

New Indian Express  

DHARMAPURI: As part of the union and state government programmes aiming to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025, health department officials have planned to screen at least two lakh people in the district. Speaking on the matter, Deputy Director of the health department Dr Balasubramaniyam said, “Tuberculosis is an air-bornebacterial infection which directly affects people’s immunity. It easily impacts people with smoking …

In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus
1 month ago

In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus

The Hindu  

In January 2021, SA, the middle of three siblings, a bright adolescent in the slums of Howrah, aspired to clear her class 12 exams soon, and start earning for the family. However manifestations of TB are protean, and the seriousness and prevalence of some forms of TB, which are loosely conflated into one term, EPTB or Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis, cannot …

Drop in India’s tuberculosis burden doubled since 2015: Health Minister JP Nadda
1 month, 1 week ago

Drop in India’s tuberculosis burden doubled since 2015: Health Minister JP Nadda

New Indian Express  

India, which tops the list of 30 countries with high-burden TB cases, aims to eliminate TB by 2025, five years ahead of the target set by SDG. Nadda highlighted the country’s long struggle in its fight against tuberculosis, saying that at one time TB was considered “slow death”. Since 1962, there have been many campaigns against tuberculosis, but in 2018, …

100-day campaign to make Maharashtra TB-free launched
1 month, 1 week ago

100-day campaign to make Maharashtra TB-free launched

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The public health department on Saturday launched a 100-day campaign aimed at reducing the spread and prevention of tuberculosis, which will cover over 34 million people in the state. 100-day campaign to make Maharashtra TB-free launched Part of the national tuberculosis eradication programme, the special drive will be implemented in 347 districts of the country, including 17 districts and …

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality
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1 month, 1 week ago

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality

The Hindu  

“The rate of TB decline in India has doubled from 8.3% in 2015 to 17.7% today, much ahead of the global average. Deaths due to TB have also reduced in India by 21.4% in the last 10 years,” Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said at the launch of the intensified national ‘100 day TB elimination campaign’ on Saturday, in Haryana. …

Government to launch 100-day nationwide TB campaign, denies shortage of anti-TB drugs
1 month, 1 week ago

Government to launch 100-day nationwide TB campaign, denies shortage of anti-TB drugs

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: To eliminate tuberculosis in India, which tops the list of 30 countries with high-burden TB cases, the centre announced that a 100-day intensified campaign will be launched across 347 high-priority districts in 33 states and union territories. The campaign is aimed to enhance TB case detection, reduce diagnostic delays, and improve treatment outcomes, particularly in high-risk groups will …

Health Ministry refutes reports claiming shortage of anti-TB drugs: Misleading
1 month, 1 week ago

Health Ministry refutes reports claiming shortage of anti-TB drugs: Misleading

India Today  

The Health Ministry has dismissed media reports claiming a shortage of anti-tuberculosis drugs in India, labelling them as "incorrect and misleading". In a statement, the Ministry emphasised that significant measures have been implemented to ensure the availability of all essential anti-TB drugs under the National TB Elimination Programme, including during the ongoing 100-day campaign targeting intensified interventions in 347 high-focus …

Efforts intensified to achieve tuberculosis elimination target in Andhra
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Efforts intensified to achieve tuberculosis elimination target in Andhra

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The State government has intensified efforts to eliminate tuberculosis under the National TB Elimination Programme, reporting significant progress in 2024. Between January and October, the State achieved a presumptive TB examination rate of 2,343 per lakh population and a TB notification rate of 155 per lakh. However, districts like Sri Satya Sai, ASR, and Bapatla fell below the State …

Gurugram: TB cases rise to 8k; officials credit ‘better reporting’
2 months ago

Gurugram: TB cases rise to 8k; officials credit ‘better reporting’

Hindustan Times  

Tuberculosis cases in Gurugram have surged to approximately 8,000 so far in 2024, reflecting an increase of about 7,000 cases compared to 2023. Health department officials attribute this rise to a 2022 mandate that requires private hospitals to promptly report TB cases, leading to improved compliance and increased reporting in 2024 in contrast to the last two years. According to …

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO
2 months, 1 week ago

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO

NPR  

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. Then SARS-CoV-2 came along and grabbed the notorious title of #1 killer: In 2020, COVID-19 was responsible for 3.5 million deaths worldwide vs 1.5 million for TB.The 2024 Global Tuberculosis Report, published last week by the World Health Organization, puts TB back in the top slot with 1.25 million deaths in 2023 compared …

Tuberculosis cases hit record high: WHO
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tuberculosis cases hit record high: WHO

Raw Story  

A record 8.2 million new tuberculosis cases were diagnosed worldwide last year, the World Health Organization said -- the highest number since it began global TB monitoring in 1995. While the number of TB-related deaths declined from 1.32 million in 2022 to 1.25 million last year, the total number of people contracting the infectious disease increased from 7.5 million to …

WHO says 2023 saw the highest number of tuberculosis cases on record
2 months, 2 weeks ago

WHO says 2023 saw the highest number of tuberculosis cases on record

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} More than …

​Taking TB seriously: The Hindu Editorial on the BPaLM treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis
4 months ago

​Taking TB seriously: The Hindu Editorial on the BPaLM treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis

The Hindu  

Time is of the essence in adopting advanced technology in medical care. The Union Health Ministry’s decision to introduce the new treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis hardly a couple of years after it was recommended by the World Health Organization, is a step in the right direction. This regimen has been proven to offer better outcomes, remarkably shortening the duration …

'Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis', says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
4 months, 1 week ago

'Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis', says CM Pinarayi Vijayan

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that tuberculosis is seldom discussed in public nowadays, as it’s often thought of as a disease that has been eradicated. However, Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis, achieving a 40 percent reduction in its prevalence over the past six years, he said. Speaking at the health department’s programme ‘Advancing Kerala’s Fight Against …

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible

Hindustan Times  

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. The latest WHO Global TB Report reveals that India has the world’s largest TB epidemic; at 2.6 million, the country accounts for the highest number of TB cases as well as multi-drug resistant cases. A study from Mumbai highlighted an unacceptably long average delay between a …

Solving the challenge of drug-resistant TB in India
5 months, 1 week ago

Solving the challenge of drug-resistant TB in India

Hindustan Times  

During the recent Maharashtra assembly session, questions were raised about the rising tuberculosis cases. The current treatment options available to us in India are limited; many come with severe side effects like severe peripheral neuropathy, pink to black brown discoloration of skin lasting up to three years, and potentially even psychosis, making it an extremely difficult, and at times hopeless …

Solving the challenge of drug-resistant TB in India
5 months, 1 week ago

Solving the challenge of drug-resistant TB in India

Hindustan Times  

During the recent Maharashtra assembly session, questions were raised about the rising tuberculosis cases. The current treatment options available to us in India are limited; many come with severe side effects like severe peripheral neuropathy, pink to black brown discoloration of skin lasting up to three years, and potentially even psychosis, making it an extremely difficult, and at times hopeless …

Mumbai has over 27% TB patients of the state
6 months ago

Mumbai has over 27% TB patients of the state

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government revealed in the state assembly on Thursday that Mumbai has over 27% of the total cases of tuberculosis in the state. HT Image Till June end, the number of patients in the city had reached 30,519, which is 27.52% of the total number of cases in the state, which stands at 110,896. Responding to them, state …

Health Matters newsletter: Hark! Good news on the HIV vaccine front
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Health Matters newsletter: Hark! Good news on the HIV vaccine front

The Hindu  

We could start with the NEET mess again, and there is indeed much to report since our last health newsletter. A collaborative survey 1,482 TB patients across four States conducted by the George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, along with the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K., highlighted the severe …

India to Screen 100% Population Over 30 For Diabetes, BP by March 2025; New Deadlines Set For Health Projects
7 months ago

India to Screen 100% Population Over 30 For Diabetes, BP by March 2025; New Deadlines Set For Health Projects

News 18  

India is planning to screen a “100 per cent eligible population” aged over 30 years for diabetes and hypertension by the end of March 2025. He wrote that these “action points” were designed through “collaborative efforts of the Centre and states to ensure ease of living of citizens.” “Now the final action point pertaining to Health and Wellness have been …

India-made TB diagnostics tech wins acclaim at World Health Assembly
7 months ago

India-made TB diagnostics tech wins acclaim at World Health Assembly

The Hindu  

The Truenat platform, a rapid molecular test for the diagnosis of pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, that was developed in India, has been hailed for its role in combating TB and as a possible component of global healthcare solutions at the recently-held 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva. At the World Health Assembly, The Global Fund, which collaborates with the …

Health Ministry reworks protocol as India’s TB elimination drive plateaus
7 months, 1 week ago

Health Ministry reworks protocol as India’s TB elimination drive plateaus

The Hindu  

India’s goal to achieve rapid decline in the burden of tuberculosis morbidity and mortality, while working towards the elimination of TB in the country by 2025, has plateaued, a senior Health Ministry official said. According to the Health Ministry, India has been engaged in TB control activities for more than 50 years, yet the disease continues to be the country’s …

India highlights commitment to implement proactive actions for women and adolescents’ health at World Health Assembly
7 months, 2 weeks ago

India highlights commitment to implement proactive actions for women and adolescents’ health at World Health Assembly

The Hindu  

India highlighted its commitment to implement proactive actions for women, children and adolescent health and well-being at the on-going 77th World Health Assembly, at Geneva, while hosting a side event on the topic. Held in collaboration with Norway, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund and the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, the event was …

Absence of full drug-susceptibility data for TB patients can result in amplifying resistance: study
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Absence of full drug-susceptibility data for TB patients can result in amplifying resistance: study

The Hindu  

In presumptive multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases, whole genome sequencing revealed that pre-extensively drug-resistant TB was present in 50.83% of cases, while MDR-TB was found in 15.5% with nearly equivalent proportions among men and women, found a study conducted by an IIT Mumbai start-up in collaboration with Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, sheds light on TB dynamics in India and is …

Patients suffer as Odisha runs out of medicines for TB
9 months ago

Patients suffer as Odisha runs out of medicines for TB

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha government has set an ambitious target to eliminate TB by 2025, patients in the state are facing an acute shortage of necessary drugs forcing many to skip their doses, which is strongly discouraged by medical practitioners. The treatment of drug-sensitive Tuberculosis consists of two months of four drugs - Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol and Pyrazinamide followed by …

Gross mismanagement: The Hindu Editorial on TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programme
9 months ago

Gross mismanagement: The Hindu Editorial on TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programme

The Hindu  

April 10, 2024 12:15 am | Updated 01:30 pm IST With less than two years left to achieve the ambitious goal set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018 to “eliminate” TB in India, the pharmacy of the Global South is once again struggling to treat patients with drug-sensitive TB. Just seven months ago, there was an acute shortage of …

Eradication of TB remains a distant goal as systemic challenges persist
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Eradication of TB remains a distant goal as systemic challenges persist

The Hindu  

March 28, 2024 10:35 pm | Updated March 29, 2024 12:40 pm IST Ahead of World TB Day on March 24, Survivors Against TB, a community advocacy group of TB survivors, wrote a letter to the Prime Minister “on the urgent and pressing need to expand efforts to address India’s Tuberculosis crisis.” The letter mentions that despite the government’s commitment …

TB challenge needs a multi-focal approach
9 months, 2 weeks ago

TB challenge needs a multi-focal approach

Hindustan Times  

An increase in the number of tuberculosis cases notified in India in 2023 over 2022 underscores the rigour of the efforts to shrink the pool escaping the TB control programme’s radar. The better capture of cases can be credited to the private sector’s impressive jump in performance, as well as states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bettering their record. India’s …

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades
9 months, 2 weeks ago

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades

Hindustan Times  

India notified nearly 2.55 million cases of tuberculosis last year according to government data, the highest achieved since the start of the TB control programme in the 60s, indicating the efficacy of a drive to identify individuals afflicted with the disease, and ensure they get treated. Of all the TB cases notified in 2023, nearly 32% of notifications came from …

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades
9 months, 2 weeks ago

2.55 million cases of TB notified in India last year, most in decades

Hindustan Times  

India notified nearly 2.55 million cases of tuberculosis last year according to government data, the highest achieved since the start of the TB control programme in the 60s, indicating the efficacy of a drive to identify individuals afflicted with the disease, and ensure they get treated. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Last year, 2.42 million cases were notified from across the …

India's triumphs in the battle against TB
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India's triumphs in the battle against TB

Hindustan Times  

Tuberculosis, one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases, has relentlessly challenged humanity throughout history. Every day, TB claims over 3,500 lives and nearly 30,000 people contract this preventable and curable disease, hitting countries like India particularly hard. Before 1997, the battle against TB in India faced significant challenges, with high costs making diagnosis and treatment inaccessible to many, especially …

Making TB among women visible
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Making TB among women visible

Hindustan Times  

Did you know that India has the highest burden of tuberculosis, or TB in the world? As a result, finding and treating extra-pulmonary TB remains a challenge in India and I’m sure this is compounded with the challenges that women generally face in accessing healthcare2. It is the need of the hour to raise awareness about TB in women –symptoms …

76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support
10 months, 3 weeks ago

76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support

The Hindu  

February 24, 2024 09:10 pm | Updated February 26, 2024 06:09 pm IST If in 2022 only 1.6 million of the 2.4 million notified TB cases received at least one month’s payment of ₹500 under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana direct benefit transfer programme for nutritional support as per the India TB report 2023, a study that analysed the data of …

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya
11 months, 1 week ago

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya

News 18  

After two challenging years of the pandemic, India has seen a reduction in tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent, almost double the pace witnessed globally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday. Virtually addressing the 37th Board Meeting of the Stop TB Partnership, he also said the number of missing TB cases in India has reduced from 1 million …

A model that provides all TB services under one roof
11 months, 3 weeks ago

A model that provides all TB services under one roof

The Hindu  

India has a stated goal of eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. In an article - ‘Walk In Centre - One Stop TB Solution - A Model Game Changer in Tuberculosis Control’ - published in the State’s public health journal, officials of the directorates of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and of Medical and Rural Health Services have outlined the need for …

Let’s just talk health, shall we?
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Let’s just talk health, shall we?

The Hindu  

Often times, in the post-COVID world, with science/health reporting picking up since the pandemic, health writing becomes all about telling a story in detail, it’s about laying it all bare, explaining the nuances, capturing the latest research and interpreting it for a burgeoning group of readers of science and health articles. “A crippling cost-of-living crisis, burnout and well below inflation …

Chandigarh to start active TB case-finding activity by January end
1 year ago

Chandigarh to start active TB case-finding activity by January end

Hindustan Times  

To rid the city of tuberculosis by the end of this year, a well-planned and targeted active case finding activity will be started in the last week of January to reach the unreached population so that all symptomatic presumptive TB cases get tested and if diagnosed, they are managed appropriately. Even though there are multiple challenges in achieving this target, …

India achieved record TB notification in 2023
1 year ago

India achieved record TB notification in 2023

The Hindu  

January 12, 2024 08:55 pm | Updated 09:50 pm IST - CHENNAI With 25,37,235 TB cases notified in 2023, India has bettered the TB notification number achieved in 2022. Besides marking a record total TB notification, 2022 also recorded the highest ever TB case notification from the private sector — 7,33,694, which was 77.1% of the target notification. Despite the …

Missing TB cases in the private sector
1 year ago

Missing TB cases in the private sector

The Hindu  

India made notification of TB patients mandatory in 2012 to address the problem of delayed diagnosis, suboptimal quality of care, incorrect diagnostic and treatment protocols being used, and a high drop-out rate in the private sector. Despite the significant increase in the private sector TB notifications over the years, they fall far short of the targets set by the National …

Improved drug regimens for TB to cut treatment time
1 year, 1 month ago

Improved drug regimens for TB to cut treatment time

The Hindu  

This November, at The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2023, there was much optimism, as it seemed that there were finally tools available to fast-track work on multiple aspects of TB control. Four, new improved drug regimens that could cut treatment time for drug resistant tuberculosis by up to two thirds, were the primary source of this optimism. According …

Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug
1 year, 1 month ago

Eight months on, States wait for 3HP TB preventive drug

The Hindu  

Eight months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the pan-India rollout of a shorter TB Preventive Treatment in March 2023 called the 3HP — once-weekly isoniazid-rifapentine for 12 weeks — States are yet to receive the 3HP combination drug from the Central TB Division. But if active TB disease is not ruled out before starting TB preventive treatment, there is …

Tuberculosis: First time infections rise to 30-year high
1 year, 2 months ago

Tuberculosis: First time infections rise to 30-year high

Hindustan Times  

An estimated 10.6 million people developed tuberculosis in 2022. The World Health Organization said this was the highest annual record of new cases of TB since it started monitoring the disease in 1995. Due to isolation and quarantine measures during the pandemic, many people failed to get tested for TB, said Ananthakrishnan: "A large number of people who had extra …

WHO hailed India’s success in managing TB: Union Health Ministry
1 year, 2 months ago

WHO hailed India’s success in managing TB: Union Health Ministry

The Hindu  

India has made tremendous progress in improving case detection and reversed the impact of COVID-19 on the tuberculosis programme, noted the World Health Organization’s ‘Global TB Report 2023’ released earlier this week, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “The WHO has made a downward revision of TB mortality rates from 4.94 lakh in 2021 to 3.31 lakh in 2022, …

7.5 million new cases of TB in 2022: WHO report
1 year, 2 months ago

7.5 million new cases of TB in 2022: WHO report

The Hindu  

There was a major global recovery in the number of people diagnosed with TB and treated in 2022, after two years of COVID-related disruptions, according to the just-released WHO Global TB Report. The reported global number of people newly diagnosed with TB was 7.5 million in 2022. The number in 2022 probably includes a sizeable backlog of people who developed …

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