Under-nutrition is a factor contributing to the development of active TB disease. Ni-kshay Mitra scheme encourages organisations and individuals adopt TB patients and provide nutritional support to them.
World tuberculosis day is observed on March 24 every year to raise awareness about the disease. Read on to know how the community can intervene to prevent and control the spread of TB.
Door-to-door TB screening campaign will help detect and diagnose millions of patients that go undiagnosed every year, says Sriram Natarajan, CEO of Molbio Diagnostics.
Karnataka is launching a door-to-door survey to check the spread of TB among Covid-recovered patients and their family members.
Tuberculosis is one of the most misunderstood diseases in the country and there are many false notions attached to it. Read on to get the facts right and clear all your doubts regarding the disease.
Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to the WHO. It is estimated to affect one-quarter of the world's population.
To eliminate tuberculosis from India, the governmnet has taken up an ambitious universal immunisation programme- says union health minister.
World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year with the intention of spreading awareness about TB. With this important day of the health calendar just around the corner, we give you a low-down on the latent and active versions of tuberculosis.
While a new drug that can cure TB fast is in the offing, we share with you gifts of nature than help prevent this deadly bacterial infection.
A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be more effective against TB than Isoniazid, a decades old drug which is currently one of the standard treatment for the disease, finds a study on mice.
A top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund has said that ending tuberculosis by 2025 in India is "tough" and "very stretching", given where the country stands currently,
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director General, calls AMR a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine. It is creating superbugs that are making it impossible to treat many previously curable diseases, including TB.
Just changing the approach of the treatment can go a long way in treating MDR-TB in kids effectively.
To deal with tuberculosis, you need iron and vitamin-rich foods.
Here is all you need to know about ocular TB or TB in the eyes that has now become a major concern for the doctors.
Turns out, tolerating an infection without eliminating a pathogen is far more beneficial than simply killing it.
We got talking to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know about TB in children
We spoke to Dr Sandeep Tilawe, Pulmonologist, SRV Hospital, Mumbai to know more about how the infection spreads.
Under-nutrition is a factor contributing to the development of active TB disease. Ni-kshay Mitra scheme encourages organisations and individuals adopt TB patients and provide nutritional support to them.
World tuberculosis day is observed on March 24 every year to raise awareness about the disease. Read on to know how the community can intervene to prevent and control the spread of TB.
Door-to-door TB screening campaign will help detect and diagnose millions of patients that go undiagnosed every year, says Sriram Natarajan, CEO of Molbio Diagnostics.
Karnataka is launching a door-to-door survey to check the spread of TB among Covid-recovered patients and their family members.
Tuberculosis is one of the most misunderstood diseases in the country and there are many false notions attached to it. Read on to get the facts right and clear all your doubts regarding the disease.
Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, according to the WHO. It is estimated to affect one-quarter of the world's population.
To eliminate tuberculosis from India, the governmnet has taken up an ambitious universal immunisation programme- says union health minister.
World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year with the intention of spreading awareness about TB. With this important day of the health calendar just around the corner, we give you a low-down on the latent and active versions of tuberculosis.
While a new drug that can cure TB fast is in the offing, we share with you gifts of nature than help prevent this deadly bacterial infection.
A new experimental antibiotic for tuberculosis (TB) has been shown to be more effective against TB than Isoniazid, a decades old drug which is currently one of the standard treatment for the disease, finds a study on mice.
A top executive at the Switzerland-based non-profit The Global Fund has said that ending tuberculosis by 2025 in India is "tough" and "very stretching", given where the country stands currently,
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director General, calls AMR a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine. It is creating superbugs that are making it impossible to treat many previously curable diseases, including TB.
Just changing the approach of the treatment can go a long way in treating MDR-TB in kids effectively.
To deal with tuberculosis, you need iron and vitamin-rich foods.
Here is all you need to know about ocular TB or TB in the eyes that has now become a major concern for the doctors.
Turns out, tolerating an infection without eliminating a pathogen is far more beneficial than simply killing it.
We got talking to Dr Arvind Kate, Chest Physician and Pulmonologist to know about TB in children
We spoke to Dr Sandeep Tilawe, Pulmonologist, SRV Hospital, Mumbai to know more about how the infection spreads.
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