TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts
1 year, 8 months ago

TB cases rise in Pune, need to look beyond lungs to eliminate TB, say experts

Hindustan Times  

As Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis cases constitute 40% of the total Tuberculosis cases reported in the city in the past four years and the number continues to rise, it is high time for the health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation to look beyond just lung disease to eliminate TB from Pune. The importance of this cannot be emphasised enough given that the Government of India is working towards eradicating TB by 2025 with newer vaccines and shorter courses of treatment, and a rise in EPTB cases will only jeopardise these efforts. Government of India is working towards eradicating TB by 2025 with newer vaccines and shorter courses of treatment, and a rise in EPTB cases will only jeopardise these efforts. Dr Bhagwan Pawar, health officer, PMC, said that TB is curable with medicine, but can be fatal in people with poor immunity like patients suffering from Diabetes, Kidney disease and HIV among others.

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In the ‘END TB’ strategy, the other grave forms of tuberculosis are out of focus
2 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 …

Health Minister launches 100-day campaign to reduce TB incidence and mortality
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2 weeks, 2 days 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. …

Efforts intensified to achieve tuberculosis elimination target in Andhra
1 month 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 …

Odisha to roll out adult BCG vaccination to eliminate TB
3 months, 1 week ago

Odisha to roll out adult BCG vaccination to eliminate TB

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : In a major push to eliminate tuberculosis in the country by 2025, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is all set to roll out a new BCG vaccination programme for adults in Odisha this month. Odisha is among the high burden TB states where the new vaccine is being launched in collaboration with ICMR to assess its …

'Kerala has made notable strides in combating tuberculosis', says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
3 months, 2 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 …

Eliminating TB by 2025 looks near impossible
4 months 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 …

Mumbai has over 27% TB patients of the state
5 months, 1 week 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
6 months, 2 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 …

Eradication of TB remains a distant goal as systemic challenges persist
8 months, 3 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
8 months, 3 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 …

Making TB among women visible
8 months, 4 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 …

Missing TB Cases In India Reduced From 1 Million In 2015 To 0.26 Million In 2023: Mandaviya
10 months, 2 weeks 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 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, 1 week 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 …

India achieved record TB notification in 2023
11 months, 1 week 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
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Tuberculosis: First time infections rise to 30-year high
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, …

Quality of active TB case finding suboptimal nationally: study
1 year, 3 months ago

Quality of active TB case finding suboptimal nationally: study

The Hindu  

Since 2017, India’s Tuberculosis programme has been undertaking active case finding outside the healthcare settings among high-risk populations. Of the three ACF cycles recommended among the high-risk populations each year, 642 districts undertook just one cycle. Based on the available data, the quality of ACF was measured using three indicators — screening at least 10% of the district population for …

A new edge to the fight against tuberculosis
1 year, 8 months ago

A new edge to the fight against tuberculosis

The Hindu  

At the One World TB Summit in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on March 24, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi instilled fresh energy to the global tuberculosis elimination response and reiterated India’s commitment to spearhead this effort. The Prime Minister’s remarks are critical as we look to redefine India’s and the world’s TB elimination response — with innovation and research being central …

West Bengal: Kolkata Reported 13,316 TB Cases in 2022, Azuthorities Concerned
1 year, 8 months ago

West Bengal: Kolkata Reported 13,316 TB Cases in 2022, Azuthorities Concerned

News 18  

Kolkata reported a total of 13,316 cases of tuberculosis in 2022, posing as a major concern for the West Bengal state department as well as the city’s municipal corporation. According to data from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the cases were reported from different wards between January 1 and December 31, 2022. A senior KMC official said that most of these …

India will eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025: Chief of Stop TB Partnership
1 year, 9 months ago

India will eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025: Chief of Stop TB Partnership

Hindustan Times  

The Executive Director of the STOP TB Partnership, Dr Lucica Ditiu on Thursday said she has no hesitation to say that India will end Tuberculosis by 2025. Read here: Japanese scientists discover new 'glass-like' orchid species In an exclusive Interview with ANI, she said, "I think the financial resources will come and will basically facilitate the implementation of these activities …

Tamil Nadu’s novel initiative results in reduced TB deaths
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s novel initiative results in reduced TB deaths

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu has pioneered an initiative across the State to reduce the mortality rate among people with tuberculosis. In lieu of the 16 parameters, Chennai-based National Institute of Epidemiology, which is spearheading TN-KET along with the State TB Cell, found that preliminary assessment of patients based on just three conditions — very severe undernutrition, respiratory insufficiency, and inability to stand …

India can lead efforts to find new TB vaccine, says WHO’s former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan
1 year, 11 months ago

India can lead efforts to find new TB vaccine, says WHO’s former chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan

The Hindu  

Raising the need to develop a new vaccine for tuberculosis, Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist at the World Health Organisation, said India, considering its accelerated timeline for TB elimination than the rest of the world, should be in the lead, and scientists and researchers around the country as well as globally should come together to develop a better vaccine. I …

WEB EXCLUSIVE | How COVID-19 has hit India’s fight against TB
2 years ago

WEB EXCLUSIVE | How COVID-19 has hit India’s fight against TB

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2022 16:26 IST It is slowly becoming apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic, which first hit India in early 2020, has had devastating and long-lasting effects on the nation’s ability to achieve its tuberculosis goals. The pandemic, followed by lockdowns and large-scale migrations of various populations, has continued to impact access to diagnosis as well as treatment …

“We are working towards a TB vaccine in India”
2 years ago

“We are working towards a TB vaccine in India”

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 06, 2022 15:24 IST While the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020 did impact tuberculosis elimination efforts and services across the country, several campaigns were put in place to offset the impact, according to Dr. Raghuram Rao, Assistant Director General, Central TB Division, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme responded with timely …

India accounts for 28% of 10.6 million TB cases in 2021: WHO report
2 years, 1 month 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 …

India must fine-tune its strategy to eliminate Tuberculosis
2 years, 2 months ago

India must fine-tune its strategy to eliminate Tuberculosis

The Hindu  

Termed as the severest crisis in a century, the COVID-19 pandemic dislodged the entire health system in India, sidelining other public health issues, and tuberculosis was no exception. Despite an extensive national programme and a vast private sector, India is the global epicentre for TB, with an estimated 2.8 million TB cases, and with TB killing more than 4,00,000 Indians …

India's 2025 Goal to Oust Tuberculosis Most Ambitious in World, But Funding Woefully Low: TB Alliance Chief
2 years, 3 months ago

India's 2025 Goal to Oust Tuberculosis Most Ambitious in World, But Funding Woefully Low: TB Alliance Chief

News 18  

India’s aim to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025 is the most ambitious goal of any country in the world, the chief of an American non-profit alliance for TB drug development has told News18.com. “India has set perhaps the most ambitious goals of any country in the world in terms of TB elimination,” Spigelman told News18.com in an exclusive interaction. “There is …

Health Matters: Govt Wants to Eliminate TB But Data Not In Sync With Promise. Blame it on Covid
2 years, 5 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 …

TB activists start monthly meetings to resolve issues faced by TB patients
2 years, 7 months ago

TB activists start monthly meetings to resolve issues faced by TB patients

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic causing a setback for the country’s programme to eliminate tuberculosis, non-government organisations, TB activists, survivors, and officers will hold a meeting every month to discuss the needs and challenges of its treatment in the country. We can create an informal TB group to address day-to-day issues faced by TB patients like delays in getting …

Data | How did COVID affect TB treatment in India?
2 years, 8 months ago

Data | How did COVID affect TB treatment in India?

The Hindu  

India recorded a dramatic decrease in Tuberculosis cases during the pandemic. Active case findings are done among targeted risk groups, including people with diabetes, chronic kidney and liver disease, and patients on immunosuppressants, with the primary objective of detecting TB cases early. Active case findings The chart shows the number of active case findings of TB in India. Click to …

Ending TB by 2025 needs more clinical research on drug resistance
2 years, 8 months ago

Ending TB by 2025 needs more clinical research on drug resistance

Hindustan Times  

Zainab, a child living in Mumbai, was two2 years old when she stopped gaining weight and started having fa ever. Research on DR-TB TB treatment must provide patients with treatment that includes shorter, well-tolerated combination of drugs that are adapted for administration to both adults and children. Research in this aspect will lead to robust scientific evidence for better and …

India may come up with vaccine against tuberculosis by 2024, says Indian scientist
2 years, 8 months ago

India may come up with vaccine against tuberculosis by 2024, says Indian scientist

India TV News  

Highlights India may come up with a vaccine against tuberculosis two years down the line The enrolment of 12,000 participants aged six years and above for the trial has been completed ICMR-NARI is the main site and it has completed the enrolment of 1,593 healthy household contacts India may come up with a vaccine against tuberculosis two years down the …

India sees sharp rise in tuberculosis patients, cases up by 19% in 2021, says Centre
2 years, 8 months 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
2 years, 8 months 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 Tuberculosis Day 2022: Ways to prevent transmission of this airborne disease
2 years, 8 months ago

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: Ways to prevent transmission of this airborne disease

India TV News  

Highlights Avoid close contact with the person who has TB Practice good hygiene. Cover your mouth with your elbow while coughing or sneezing Healthcare personnel coming in contact with TB infected persons are at high risk of exposure Tuberculosis, commonly abbreviated to TB, is a highly infectious disease that primarily affects the lungs. Read: World Tuberculosis Day 2022: Ayurvedic remedies …

India's TB Elimination Programme Goes Beyond Medical Interventions, Says MoS Health
3 years, 1 month ago

India's TB Elimination Programme Goes Beyond Medical Interventions, Says MoS Health

News 18  

India’s TB elimination programme addresses all co-morbidities and goes beyond medical interventions to tackle the social determinants of the disease, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said Tuesday. Highlighting the commitment of India towards eliminating TB, she said, “India’s TB Elimination Programme is also addressing all co-morbidities and goes beyond medical interventions to tackle the social determinants of …

Data | TB deaths on a seven-year high as case notifications and outpatient visits dipped in 2020
3 years, 2 months ago

Data | TB deaths on a seven-year high as case notifications and outpatient visits dipped in 2020

The Hindu  

As many as 1.3 million fewer cases of Tuberculosis were detected in 2020 compared to 2019, according to the WHO. Following a drop in detection of new cases, deaths attributed to TB rose for the first time in the last 16 years in the world. Worryingly, among high-burden nations, India spent the least on TB drugs per patient despite accounting …

TB detected in 24 persons who recovered from COVID-19 in Karnataka
3 years, 4 months ago

TB detected in 24 persons who recovered from COVID-19 in Karnataka

The Hindu  

With the detection of tuberculosis in 24 person who had recovered from COVID-19 in Karnataka, the Health Department has launched an active case finding campaign among people who have recovered from COVID-19. Launching the campaign, Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar called upon all recovered patients to come forward and get tested during this intensified detection campaign. State Joint …

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