What comes to your mind when thinking of a tuberculosis patient? Achieving this vision of a healthier future generation for the country requires addressing and tackling this ‘hidden epidemic’ of childhood TB and working together to protect our children from this deadly disease. By expanding our screening efforts, improving diagnostic services and leveraging technological innovations like Artificial Intelligence, we can …
Mumbai: Eight months after the roll-out of the initiative to screen relatives of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation found 47.60% positive for latent TB. BMC said 664 contacts found positive for latent TB are yet to be put on treatment. We, therefore, started screening the close contacts of drug-sensitive TB patients,” said Dr Mangala Gomare, executive …
