Europe sees 10% rise in childhood tuberculosis cases, WHO calls for action
6 days, 6 hours ago

Europe sees 10% rise in childhood tuberculosis cases, WHO calls for action

India Today  

Tuberculosis infections among children in the European region rose 10% in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organisation said on Monday. WHO's European region, which comprises 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia, reported more than 7,500 cases among children under 15 years of age in 2023, an increase of over 650 cases compared to 2022. "The worrying rise in children with TB serves as a reminder that progress against this preventable and curable disease remains fragile," said Hans Henri Kluge, WHO's Regional Director for Europe. Askar Yedilbayev, regional TB advisor for WHO's European region, said in an interview that a rise in overall cases might indicate improved diagnoses.

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Govt’s low-cost solutions are helping eliminate TB, say officials
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1 week ago

Govt’s low-cost solutions are helping eliminate TB, say officials

Hindustan Times  

A number of low-cost solutions introduced by the Union ministry of health and family welfare as part of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme has ensured that cases are identified and put on treatment in time, especially in remote areas of the country, bringing India closer to the elimination target, officials familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Govt’s low-cost solutions …

Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years
1 week, 2 days ago

Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years. More than 10,300 cases were reported last year, an 8% increase from 2023 and the highest since 2011, according to preliminary data posted this month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Kansas TB rate …

Optimistic about eliminating TB from India this year, says JP Nadda
2 months ago

Optimistic about eliminating TB from India this year, says JP Nadda

New Indian Express  

The health minister said that he would be able to confirm on meeting the TB target by the first week of April, when the 100-day nationwide intensified TB campaign will be completed. So far, 1.26 lakh new TB patients have been identified under the campaign, which is focused on enhancing detection, reducing diagnostic delays and improving treatment outcomes. Nadda said …

Health chiefs issue warning over tuberculosis as cases on the rise in the UK
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Health chiefs issue warning over tuberculosis as cases on the rise in the UK

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 Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Health chiefs have issued a warning after cases of tuberculosis in …

Health chiefs issue urgent warning over surge in deadly 'Victorian disease' that is easily mistaken for a winter cold
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Health chiefs issue urgent warning over surge in deadly 'Victorian disease' that is easily mistaken for a winter cold

Daily Mail  

Tuberculosis, a serious lung infection also called the 'Victorian disease' that kills one in six people it infects and can cause victims to cough up blood, is on the rise in England. Health chiefs are now urging people with potential TB symptoms not to dismiss the signs, which include a continuous cough, and can be easily mistaken for common winter …

Children in high tuberculosis zones face high risk of infection by age 10
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Children in high tuberculosis zones face high risk of infection by age 10

India Today  

New findings from a recent study talk about tuberculosis risks in children living in areas where TB is widespread, such as parts of South Africa. According to research led by Boston University School of Public Health, the University of S£o Paulo, and the University of Cape Town, children up to 10 years old in these regions face a high risk …

TB reclaims title of deadliest infectious disease. That's an 'outrage' says WHO
4 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months 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 …

US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023
1 year ago

US tuberculosis cases were at the highest level in a decade in 2023

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Experts say the 2023 number is in part a combination of a surge in TB cases internationally — the World Health Organization said TB was behind only COVID-19 in infectious fatal diseases worldwide in 2022. CDC officials …

More innovation urged in fight to end tuberculosis
1 year ago

More innovation urged in fight to end tuberculosis

China Daily  

Doctors provide free treatment to residents in Congjiang county, Guizhou province, on Saturday, ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on Sunday. "We also need innovation in how we finance addressing TB to make sure that the finance is used more efficiently, and that we can reduce those financial barriers," he said at a symposium jointly held by the WHO and the …

Tuberculosis is on the rise in the UK – what is it and is it serious?
1 year ago

Tuberculosis is on the rise in the UK – what is it and is it serious?

The Independent  

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Silent killer: Quarter of people with TB show no symptoms, tuberculosis study says
1 year ago

Silent killer: Quarter of people with TB show no symptoms, tuberculosis study says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Researchers, led by the Amsterdam University Medical Center, also …

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Missing TB cases in the private sector
1 year, 3 months 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 …

WHO hailed India’s success in managing TB: Union Health Ministry
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

Warning over surge in Tuberculosis as progress in eliminating disease ‘stalls’
1 year, 6 months ago

Warning over surge in Tuberculosis as progress in eliminating disease ‘stalls’

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 Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Cases of TB increased by seven per cent in the first half of 2023, with …

Climate change impeding fight against AIDS, TB and malaria
1 year, 6 months ago

Climate change impeding fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

The Hindu  

Climate change and conflict are hitting efforts to tackle three of the world's deadliest infectious diseases, the head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has warned. But the increasing challenges of climate change and conflict mean the world is likely to miss the target of putting an end to AIDS, TB and malaria by 2030 without …

Tuberculosis rates rocket amid Ukraine, Sudan conflicts
1 year, 10 months ago

Tuberculosis rates rocket amid Ukraine, Sudan conflicts

Al Jazeera  

Disease surges as health officials try to address the accessibility of treatments and trials for a new vaccine commence. “Tuberculosis is the biggest infectious disease killer in the world today, taking the lives of around 4,400 people every day around the world, including 700 children,” said Dr Lucica Ditiu, executive director of the Stop TB Partnership, at the gathering. “This …

Child TB notifications saw a sharp decline in 2020: Lancet study
2 years, 2 months ago

Child TB notifications saw a sharp decline in 2020: Lancet study

Hindustan Times  

According to a recent study published in the Lancet, notifications of child tuberculosis have seen some of the largest declines in India. According to a recent study published in the Lancet, notifications of child tuberculosis have seen some of the largest declines in India The study, “Global impact of Covid-19 on childhood tuberculosis: an analysis of notification data,” was published …

Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years, says WHO
2 years, 5 months ago

Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years, says WHO

The Hindu  

The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report issued Thursday by the World Health Organization. WHO said about 450,000 cases involved people infected with drug-resistant TB, 3% more than in 2020. WHO said many people went undiagnosed, noting that the number of people …

India accounts for 28% of 10.6 million TB cases in 2021: WHO report
2 years, 5 months ago

India accounts for 28% of 10.6 million TB cases in 2021: WHO report

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Around 10.6 million people across the world were diagnosed with tuberculosis in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, while 1.6 million patients died of the bacterial disease, according to the World Health Organization’s 2022 Global TB report. Nearly 82% of global TB deaths among HIV-negative people occurred in the African and South-East Asia regions, with India alone …

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years
2 years, 5 months ago

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years, according to a report Thursday by the World Health Organization. WHO also blamed COVID-19 for much of the rise in TB, saying the pandemic “continues to have a damaging impact on access to TB diagnosis and treatment.” …

Tuberculosis cases worldwide rise for the first time in years
2 years, 5 months ago

Tuberculosis cases worldwide rise for the first time in years

LA Times  

A relative adjusts the oxygen mask of a tuberculosis patient at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, on March 24, 2018. The WHO also blamed COVID-19 for much of the rise in TB, saying the pandemic “continues to have a damaging impact on access to TB diagnosis and treatment.” It said progress made before 2019 has …

Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid
2 years, 8 months ago

Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid

News 18  

It was all about Covid-19 for the past two years. #TBMuktBharat pic.twitter.com/z1vYXpncH4— Central TB Division | #TBMuktBharat July 8, 2022 Now, with less than three years to that deadline – 2025, which is five years ahead of the target set by Sustainable Development Goals 2030 – there are important lines of inquiries that need to be pursued to track how …

India sees sharp rise in tuberculosis patients, cases up by 19% in 2021, says Centre
3 years ago

India sees sharp rise in tuberculosis patients, cases up by 19% in 2021, says Centre

Firstpost  

The total number of new and relapsed TB patients notified in India during 2021 were 19,33,381 as against 16,28,161 in 2020, the report showed New Delhi: The number of tuberculosis cases in India has seen a 19 per cent rise in 2021 over the previous year, according to the annual TB report released by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on …

India to be TB-free by 2025, says Minister
3 years ago

India to be TB-free by 2025, says Minister

The Hindu  

A 19% increase was witnessed in 2021 from the previous year in TB patients’ notification. On the World Tuberculosis Day on Thursday, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya reaffirmed the government’s commitment to making India tuberculosis–free by 2025 and said this will be achieved by ensuring access to quality healthcare and advanced treatment. The report said despite the brief decline in TB …

World TB Day: With 2025 in sight, govt to launch door-to-door TB screening on war footing
3 years ago

World TB Day: With 2025 in sight, govt to launch door-to-door TB screening on war footing

India TV News  

Tuberculosis, globally, is known to be the biggest cause of death due to infectious disease and India contributes to over 30 per cent of the global TB burden. As the Covid-19 pandemic derailed global efforts to curb TB, the government is set to launch a special door-to-door TB screening initiative on war footing, as only three years remain of its …

Tuberculosis deaths up in pandemic: WHO
3 years, 5 months ago

Tuberculosis deaths up in pandemic: WHO

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the 2021 Global TB report released recently by the World Health Organization. The WHO estimated that some 4.1 million people currently suffer from TB but had not been diagnosed with the disease or …

Tuberculosis deaths rise for first time in years due to fight against COVID-19, WHO says
3 years, 5 months ago

Tuberculosis deaths rise for first time in years due to fight against COVID-19, WHO says

ABC  

The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade as resources were diverted to fight the COVID-9 pandemic. Key points: The WHO estimated that about 4 million people live undiagnosed with tuberculosis Poor countries faced testing barriers due to inflated test prices, according to Doctors Without Borders Global investment into TB …

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in years, largely due to COVID-19 pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in years, largely due to COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

The number of tuberculosis deaths has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people got tested and treated as resources were diverted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said Thursday. In its yearly report on TB, the United Nations health agency said 1.5 million people worldwide died of the bacterial disease …

US announces USD 57mn aid for TB treatment in seven high-burden countries
3 years, 9 months ago

US announces USD 57mn aid for TB treatment in seven high-burden countries

India TV News  

The United States on Friday announced a USD 57 million aid for efforts against tuberculosis in seven high-burden countries, including India. The USAID said alongside COVID-19, TB is the leading infectious disease killer, particularly in low and middle-income countries, sickening 10 million people and taking 1.4 million lives every year. The US agency said due to the far-reaching impact of …

Tuberculosis kills over 4 lakh Indians a year: Hard learned lessons can assist in the fight against COVID-19
4 years, 11 months ago

Tuberculosis kills over 4 lakh Indians a year: Hard learned lessons can assist in the fight against COVID-19

Firstpost  

It is because underlying conditions like TB are endemic in the country that experts are especially concerned about an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The World Health Organization released a tuberculosis report on the 24th of March; in 2018 over 10 million people were sickened by TB and 1.5 million of those died. India has developed a vast army of …

TB cases see decrease in India
5 years, 5 months ago

TB cases see decrease in India

The Hindu  

The tuberculosis incidence rate in India has decreased by almost 50,000 patients over the past one year, according to the World Health Organization -2019 edition of the Global Tuberculosis Report released on Thursday. “This includes trends in TB incidence and mortality, data on case detection and treatment results for TB, multidrug-resistant TB, TB/HIV, TB prevention, universal health coverage as well …

Health Minister Launches Largest TB Prevalence Survey, Vows to Vanquish Disease by 2025
5 years, 6 months ago

Health Minister Launches Largest TB Prevalence Survey, Vows to Vanquish Disease by 2025

News 18  

New Delhi: In an effort to reach out to every tuberculosis patient in the country, the government on Wednesday launched the largest-ever conducted TB prevalence survey. While launching the 'TB Harega, Desh Jeetega' campaign in Delhi, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan noted there were "still 5.5 lakh patients" who were lost in the country. As per the TB India report …

Tuberculosis may be eradicated by 2045 with better research funding, awareness
6 years ago

Tuberculosis may be eradicated by 2045 with better research funding, awareness

Firstpost  

There has not been a new and commercially available vaccination for tuberculosis in a century. A chronic lung disease which is preventable and largely treatable if caught in time, tuberculosis is the top infectious killer of our time, causing over 1.6 million deaths each year. “The real key is that we are going to need much more new research and …

Providing subsidised tuberculosis tests can help India save 80 lakh lives in 30 years, finds Lancet study
6 years ago

Providing subsidised tuberculosis tests can help India save 80 lakh lives in 30 years, finds Lancet study

Firstpost  

The Lancet study noted that in 2018 alone, there were 2.15 million new tuberculosis cases in India, an increase of 3 lakh cases in a single year. It adds that India must increase domestic expenditures on health and research on TB and also provide universal TB care to eliminate catastrophic costs for people with the ailment.​ Union Health Minister JP …

Tuberculosis Became The Fifth Health Issue To Get A High-Level UN Meeting. It Didn’t Go Very Well.
6 years, 6 months ago

Tuberculosis Became The Fifth Health Issue To Get A High-Level UN Meeting. It Didn’t Go Very Well.

Huff Post  

An X-ray of a person’s lungs infected with tuberculosis. “This is a long time in coming,” the U.S. Agency for International Development’s deputy assistant administrator in global health, Irene Koek, told HuffPost. “TB was declared a global health emergency 25 years ago,” Nick Herbert — a U.K. parliamentarian and the head of the TB Caucus, which gathers parliamentarians around the …

U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Are The Lowest In Years, But It's Still A Threat
7 years ago

U.S. Tuberculosis Cases Are The Lowest In Years, But It's Still A Threat

Huff Post  

Luke MacGregor / Reuters The number of tuberculosis cases is at its lowest point since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began reporting it in 1953. However, Donna Wegener, executive director of the National TB Controllers Association, a group of public health officials, said she worries the surveillance data doesn’t tell the full story of TB in the U.S. …

Make control of tuberculosis part of BRICS nations' success stories
7 years, 6 months ago

Make control of tuberculosis part of BRICS nations' success stories

China Daily  

The annual BRICS summit that concluded in China's Xiamen city on Tuesday has drawn the world's attention to the member nations' tremendous accomplishments and promise. The BRICS nations combined contribute to about 50 percent of all cases of TB in the world, according to the WHO's latest Global Tuberculosis Report. The BRICS club also accounts for 40 percent of all …

The Big Moves This Past Year In The Fight Against the World's Top Infectious Killer
8 years ago

The Big Moves This Past Year In The Fight Against the World's Top Infectious Killer

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Each year, World Tuberculosis Day brings another reminder that an airborne scourge is the top infectious killer worldwide despite being preventable and curable. As Eric Goosby, the U.N. special envoy on tuberculosis, put it: “We are at a moment where a lot is converging around people’s understanding of the role TB plays, the tragedy of a disease …

One Little Girl Beat The Deadliest Form Of Tuberculosis. She Is Very Lucky.
8 years ago

One Little Girl Beat The Deadliest Form Of Tuberculosis. She Is Very Lucky.

Huff Post  

WASHINGTON ― When Baltimore resident Arjun kisses his 6-year-old daughter’s forehead, it’s not always just a sign of affection. Tuberculosis is the world’s biggest killer among infectious diseases, and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis ― or XDR-TB, which is resistant to the most effective treatment regimens available ― is the most dangerous form of the disease. It’s not something you can protect …

Draft TB control plan targets 79% fewer cases by 2025, seeks four times more funding
8 years ago

Draft TB control plan targets 79% fewer cases by 2025, seeks four times more funding

Firstpost  

ndia’s ongoing TB programme is inadequate, the NSP says, seeking five times the funding allocated to TB control over the last three years put together. By Shreya Shah A radical draft National Strategic Plan for Elimination of TB that proposes to bring down new tuberculosis infections by nearly 80% over the next eight years says India must expand the programme …

Global TB epidemic prompts fresh warnings amid drug-resistance crisis
8 years, 5 months ago

Global TB epidemic prompts fresh warnings amid drug-resistance crisis

The Independent  

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Study raises concern over drug-resistant tuberculosis in children, says more than 20 lakh infected globally
8 years, 9 months ago

Study raises concern over drug-resistant tuberculosis in children, says more than 20 lakh infected globally

India TV News  

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. According to a new study done by researchers from the University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, and the World Health Organisation, more then 67 million children were infected by …

Tuberculosis remains a worry in Australia despite low disease rates, experts warn
9 years ago

Tuberculosis remains a worry in Australia despite low disease rates, experts warn

ABC  

Health experts have urged people most at risk of tuberculosis to be tested, in order to help keep the killer disease at bay in Australia. Key points: TB still kills more than a million people a year worldwide World TB Day calls for elimination of disease by 2030 Programs credited with Australia's comparatively very low rates of TB Today is …

Tuberculosis cases rising with increase in asylum seekers
9 years ago

Tuberculosis cases rising with increase in asylum seekers

NL Times  

For the first time in years the number of tuberculosis cases in the Netherlands increased last year, according to the national institute for public health and environment RIVM. The increase can completely be attributed to asylum seekers coming from countries where TB is prevalent. All asylum seekers are checked for TB when they arrive and so far most cases involved …

Will the New TB Drug For Kids Wipe Out the Deadly Disease?
9 years, 3 months ago

Will the New TB Drug For Kids Wipe Out the Deadly Disease?

The Quint  

A million children worldwide develop tuberculosis every year. The problem is that children with tuberculosis have to pop in the same pills as adults, and we all know how good kids are with large, metallic tasting medicines. As a result, 32,000 children across the world get the deadly superbugs, which make treatment tougher and are often fatal. What’s worse, the …

Will the New TB Drug For Kids Wipe Out the Deadly Disease?
9 years, 3 months ago

Will the New TB Drug For Kids Wipe Out the Deadly Disease?

The Quint  

A million children worldwide develop tuberculosis every year. The problem is that children with tuberculosis have to pop in the same pills as adults, and we all know how good kids are with large, metallic tasting medicines. As a result, 32,000 children across the world get the deadly superbugs, which make treatment tougher and are often fatal. What’s worse, the …

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