TB control must not be left in the dark
13 years ago

TB control must not be left in the dark

The Hindu  

March 24 is World TB Day, and a good time to take stock of progress in tuberculosis control, especially in India, the country with the largest number of TB cases. Drug-resistant form India's Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme is widely appreciated for having made a big contribution by expanding basic diagnostic and treatment services to cover 100 per cent of the Indian population. The RNTCP has been consistently under-funded for many years, even though tuberculosis control is a very cost-effective strategy for improving the health status of India's population, with exceptional return on investment from a societal perspective. Ultimately, the typical tuberculosis patient in India is caught between two suboptimal options — an under-funded public programme with limited capacity to deal with drug-resistant tuberculosis, and an unregulated private sector where mismanagement is likely.

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21,788 cases of TB notified during intensified campaign
6 days, 6 hours ago

21,788 cases of TB notified during intensified campaign

The Hindu  

A total of 21,788 tuberculosis cases were notified during the “100 Days Intensified Tuberculosis Campaign” in Tamil Nadu. Selvavinayagam, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, said in a press release that 77.85 lakh persons were screened for TB symptoms during the campaign from December 7, 2024, to March 24, 2025. According to a TB survey held recently, the prevalence …

TB awareness friendly cricket matches to be held in various cities: Anurag Thakur
6 days, 9 hours ago

TB awareness friendly cricket matches to be held in various cities: Anurag Thakur

The Hindu  

Former Union Minister and MP Anurag Thakur on Wednesday announced that cricket matches would be organised in various cities across India, with the participation of MPs, celebrities, media, and people from all walks of life, to raise awareness about tuberculosis. Mr. Thakur said: “Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the goal of making India TB-free by 2025. Recently, we …

Fight against TB: PM Modi hails India's tuberculosis progress report
1 week ago

Fight against TB: PM Modi hails India's tuberculosis progress report

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged the success of 'TB Mukt Bharat', an elimination campaign to make India tuberculosis-free by 2025. In response to Union Health Minister JP Nadda’s post, PM Modi wrote on X, "I compliment all those who are strengthening the fight against TB and contributing to a #TBMuktBharat. https://t.co/geWc0AwcsY— Narendra Modi March 26, 2025 On World Tuberculosis …

35 gram panchayats in Dharwad district declared TB-free
1 week ago

35 gram panchayats in Dharwad district declared TB-free

The Hindu  

Proper planning, monitoring and timely medical care for patients have resulted in 35 gram panchayats in Dharwad district being declared TB-free even as efforts are on to make the entire district TB-free, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. Ms. Prabhu said that the World Health Organisation has set a target to eliminate TB globally by 2030 and as part of this …

India scales up TB elimination campaign across the country
1 week, 1 day ago

India scales up TB elimination campaign across the country

India Today  

India is expanding the tuberculosis elimination campaign. Union Health Minister JP Nadda made this announcement at the World TB Day 2025 Summit, praising the impact of the 100-Day Intensified TB Elimination Campaign. He revealed that mobile screening units, including handheld X-ray machines and Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing, helped bring essential TB services to remote and underserved areas. In 100 days, …

DBT completes sequencing of 10,000 TB genome samples, aims to reach target of 32,500 samples by November 2025
1 week, 1 day ago

DBT completes sequencing of 10,000 TB genome samples, aims to reach target of 32,500 samples by November 2025

The Hindu  

The Department of Biotechnology has completed the genomic sequencing of a third, or 10,000 samples, of the target of 32,500 samples of mycobacterium tuberculosis — the bacteria behind tuberculosis — in a bid to improve the understanding of drug-resistant TB and capture unique genomic features of the TB bacterium in India. The genome sequencing initiative, part of “Dare2eraD TB”, an …

930 deaths daily: How air pollution, malnutrition and stigma fuel India’s TB surge
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1 week, 1 day ago

930 deaths daily: How air pollution, malnutrition and stigma fuel India’s TB surge

Firstpost  

India carries a significant share of the global TB burden. Another 2024 study in BMC Public Health reported that indoor air pollution contributed to 26% of TB infections, alongside other socioeconomic and environmental factors. For TB patients, air pollution worsens lung inflammation, making recovery more difficult even with proper treatment.” — Dr. Akshay Budhraja, Senior Consultant & HOD, Respiratory & …

World Tuberculosis Day 2025 — Understanding TB PCR Test
1 week, 1 day ago

World Tuberculosis Day 2025 — Understanding TB PCR Test

ABP News  

{By: Dr. Kinjal Modi} To help achieve a tuberculosis-free India by 2025, the nation has recently undertaken an elaborate initiative, the 100-Day TB Challenge. PCR Testing: A Game Changer In TB Diagnosis In India health providers resort to a number of tests for tuberculosis diagnosis, but conventional methods while significant, do take a lot of time for result generation. Combining …

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

World TB Day: India’s TB decline outpaces global average but high burden remains a concern
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1 week, 2 days ago

World TB Day: India’s TB decline outpaces global average but high burden remains a concern

Firstpost  

World Tuberculosis Day 2025: India accounts for 30% of the global TB burden and 62% of multidrug-resistant cases. Experts advocate for private sector integration, mandatory lab accreditation and community awareness to strengthen TB control The latest data reveals that India’s tuberculosis incidence has decreased from 237 to 195 cases per 100,000 population between 2015 and 2023—a 17.7% reduction, more than …

India cracks the TB code, maps 10,000 genome strains to enhance treatment
1 week, 2 days ago

India cracks the TB code, maps 10,000 genome strains to enhance treatment

India Today  

Tuberculosis is one of India’s most pressing public health challenges as the country accounts for the highest number of TB cases globally. In a recent scientific breakthrough, on World Tuberculosis Day, Indian researchers have successfully completed genome sequencing of 10,000 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, a move that could transform TB diagnosis and treatment. IMPORTANCE OF GENOME SEQUENCING Current methods for detecting …

India’s path to eradicating tuberculosis
1 week, 2 days ago

India’s path to eradicating tuberculosis

The Hindu  

India set an ambitious goal of eradicating tuberculosis by 2025 during the “End TB Summit” held in New Delhi in March 2018, advancing by five years the target set in the Sustainable Development Goals for the end-TB strategy of the World Health Organization. Despite this, the India TB report 2024 says, less than a quarter of testing done among those …

The need for universal and equitable health coverage
1 week, 2 days ago

The need for universal and equitable health coverage

The Hindu  

India has made substantial and tangible progress in Tuberculosis care, adopting new strategies to detect, treat and prevent TB. Since Independence, India’s public health system has delivered disease control services through primarily vertical health programmes, such as the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme. Integration of TB services within the broader public health system is key to India’s pursuit of equitable, universal …

Plotting the path towards a tuberculosis-mukt Bharat
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1 week, 2 days ago

Plotting the path towards a tuberculosis-mukt Bharat

Hindustan Times  

Today being the World Tuberculosis Day, I want to reflect on our journey to eliminate tuberculosis in India. Her transformation is a powerful example of how localised initiatives are reshaping perceptions about TB across India, echoing our national commitment to systematically expand TB elimination efforts in every state. Community engagement initiatives like TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan have played a crucial …

Over 1,000 cases detected in Tiruchi district during 100-day TB elimination drive
1 week, 5 days ago

Over 1,000 cases detected in Tiruchi district during 100-day TB elimination drive

The Hindu  

Over three lakh people were screened in Tiruchi district and more than 1,000 cases of tuberculosis detected at the end of the 100-day campaign to raise awareness and detection of the disease, the authorities said. According to official figures, 3,10,753 people in vulnerable sections of society were screened during the campaign in Tiruchi district, out of a mapped population of …

A journey towards patient-centred TB care
1 week, 5 days ago

A journey towards patient-centred TB care

Hindustan Times  

My journey in tuberculosis care began in hospital settings, diagnosing and treating patients with what I viewed as a purely biomedical problem. In response to this challenge, the programme’s approach to engage the private sector has also shown promising dividends – considering, especially in urban areas, the penetration of the private health care sector. Scaling up financial incentives for private …

100-day TB elimination campaign falls far short of its main objective
3 weeks, 3 days ago

100-day TB elimination campaign falls far short of its main objective

The Hindu  

The 100-day intensified TB elimination campaign was launched on December 7, 2024 across 455 intervention districts in 33 States and Union Territories to screen and test for TB among people belonging to the vulnerable or high-risk group — diabetics, smokers, alcoholics, people living with HIV, those with TB in the past, geriatric population, house-hold contacts of TB patients. Of the …

‘India sets an example to the world that global health challenges can be overcome’
4 weeks ago

‘India sets an example to the world that global health challenges can be overcome’

The Hindu  

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore N.K. Lokanath said here on Tuesday that India has taken decisive steps to eliminate tuberculosis through collaboration, innovation, and determination and set an example to the world that global health challenges can be overcome. He was speaking after inaugurating a national workshop titled “Ni-Kshay Yakshma Samvada” on tuberculosis organised by the Government Ayurvedic …

Over two lakh people screened in Tiruchi district under 100-day TB elimination programme
1 month ago

Over two lakh people screened in Tiruchi district under 100-day TB elimination programme

The Hindu  

Over two lakh people in Tiruchi district have been screened for tuberculosis and 810 diagnosed in the latest phase of the 100-day campaign to raise awareness and detection of the disease, authorities have said. Of these, samples were taken from 30,204 people and 810 cases have been diagnosed,” Deputy Director Medical Services – TB S. Savithri, told The Hindu. As …

Nadda: No plans to push TB target beyond 2025
2 months ago

Nadda: No plans to push TB target beyond 2025

Hindustan Times  

The government does not plan to push the tuberculosis elimination target beyond 2025, Union health minister JP Nadda said on Tuesday, adding that the status of the programme would be clearer in April when the “100 days intensified TB campaign ends”. The health ministry during a briefing shared a status report on the progress made in the last 10 years …

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 …

Tuberculosis incidence in Karnataka drops by 40% from 2015 baseline
2 months ago

Tuberculosis incidence in Karnataka drops by 40% from 2015 baseline

The Hindu  

Keeping in line with India’s ambitious goal of tuberculosis elimination by 2025, five years ahead of the SDG timeline of 2030, Karnataka has reduced 40% of TB incidence compared to 2015 baseline. Targets for achieving this ambitious goal are: 80% decline in annual TB incidence rate, 90% decline in death due to TB, and zero catastrophic expenditure due to TB.,” …

India’s winding road to ‘#EndTB’
2 months, 1 week ago

India’s winding road to ‘#EndTB’

The Hindu  

Last year, tuberculosis emerged, once again, as the leading infectious disease killer globally. According to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, India continues to lead in the global TB burden and is also the hub for drug-resistant TB and TB deaths. Dr. Pavitra Mohan, paediatrician and founder of Basic Healthcare Services, a non-governmental organisation working in south Rajasthan, …

Slight rise in multidrug-resistant TB cases in Kozhikode
2 months, 1 week ago

Slight rise in multidrug-resistant TB cases in Kozhikode

The Hindu  

There has been a slight rise in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases in Kozhikode district over the years. Sources said that multi-drug resistant TB cases have gone up in Kozhikode from 75 in 2023 to 78 in 2024. Public health experts said that diabetes patients, senior citizens, people who smoke, and those with weak immunity are susceptible to TB. The officials …

Over one lakh people screened in Tiruchi district under intensified 100-day TB elimination programme
2 months, 1 week ago

Over one lakh people screened in Tiruchi district under intensified 100-day TB elimination programme

The Hindu  

More than a month after the 100-day campaign to raise awareness and diagnosis of tuberculosis was launched, over one lakh people in Tiruchi district have been screened for the disease and 385 cases have been diagnosed, officials said on Wednesday. It targets 347 districts throughout India as part of the ‘TB Mukt Bharat’ programme to end tuberculosis and is scheduled …

Pune civic body achieves 100% TB target for 2024
2 months, 1 week ago

Pune civic body achieves 100% TB target for 2024

Hindustan Times  

The Pune Municipal Corporation has achieved 100% of its target under the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme in 2024. The civic body identified 7,777 new tuberculosis cases during the year, marking a significant step towards the elimination of TB, officials said on Sunday. Dr Prashant Bothe, city TB officer, said that the state government health department gives all civic bodies a …

Long overdue, short-term regimen for TB set to be a game changer
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Long overdue, short-term regimen for TB set to be a game changer

The Hindu  

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis is a strain of the TB disease in which the infecting tuberculosis germs are resistant to the effects of rifampicin and isoniazid, two of the most potent drugs available for TB treatment. For years, the evolution of such resistant germs was largely attributed to the lack of adherence to TB treatment and misuse of TB drugs, especially …

National strategy for eradicating tuberculosis by 2025 includes quality treatment, says senior cardiologist
2 months, 2 weeks 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
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

PMC to screen over 8 lakh vulnerable population for TB under SSHAKTI programme
3 months, 2 weeks ago

PMC to screen over 8 lakh vulnerable population for TB under SSHAKTI programme

Hindustan Times  

Stepping up its fight towards elimination of tuberculosis, the Pune Municipal Corporation has started the SSHAKTI programme to reduce transmission and incidence of the ailment among vulnerable population, officials said. The programme aims to reduce diagnostic delays, improve the treatment initiation rate, reach the unreached population, and enhance the early detection of TB cases. The programme was started in PMC …

Health departmentto screen 2 lakh people for Tuberculosis in Dharmapuri by 2025
3 months, 2 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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, …

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality
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3 months, 3 weeks 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
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Assessing India’s tuberculosis burden: Data
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Assessing India’s tuberculosis burden: Data

The Hindu  

According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, India had the highest tuberculosis burden in 2023. Even though deaths due to TB in India have been steadily falling over the past decade, from 5.8 lakh in 2010 to 3.2 lakh in 2023, 26% of global TB deaths among people with and without HIV in 2023 occurred in India. Incidence of TB, …

Long way to go in war against TB, drug supply to continue: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
4 months, 4 weeks 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 …

​Taking TB seriously: The Hindu Editorial on the BPaLM treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis
6 months, 3 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Sharpening India’s anti-tuberculosis fight
7 months ago

Sharpening India’s anti-tuberculosis fight

The Hindu  

The omnipresence of tuberculosis in the pages of history and literature is testimony to how the disease has plagued generations across the world and continues to be a major problem even today. For example, in 2023, addressing the big challenge of ‘missed’ TB cases, 25.1 lakh patients were diagnosed in India as having TB, highlighting strengthened case finding efforts. It …

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible
7 months, 1 week 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
7 months, 3 weeks 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
7 months, 3 weeks 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
8 months, 3 weeks 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 Ministry reworks protocol as India’s TB elimination drive plateaus
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Gross mismanagement: The Hindu Editorial on TB drug shortages and India’s national TB programme
11 months, 3 weeks 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
1 year 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
1 year 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
1 year 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 fight against TB must focus on women
1 year ago

India’s fight against TB must focus on women

Hindustan Times  

India has the highest burden of tuberculosis in the world – over 28 lakh people in the country are affected by it every year. In India, just by numbers, more men contract TB of the lung, but women experience the disease differently, and are often affected by extra-pulmonary TB and, therefore, may not even show the typical symptoms of TB …

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