Tag: TB
Artificial intelligence new weapon in India’s tuberculosis armoury
India's TB Control Programme is now looking at artificial intelligence to bring new edge to the fight against tuberculosis
The Central TB Division of the...
Actiphage, a new blood test, can identify people at risk of...
New blood test called Actiphage can identify people with latent TB infection at risk of developing the disease
A new blood test called Actiphage has...
India will get rid of TB with a Jan Andolan: Dr...
New Indian health minister calls for people's movement to get rid of tuberculosis
Union health minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that India will get rid...
India to partner private sector for JEET in TB fight
Joint Effort for Elimination of Tuberculosis (JEET) is the biggest public private partnership against TB
India has launched a massive partnership with the private sector...
Doctors, chemists not notifying TB cases could face jail term
TB was made notifiable in 2012 but non-compliance was not treated as a criminal offence
In a move that will have far-reaching consequences for India's...
India’s apex medical research body, ICMR wins $65000 award for TB...
The annual Kochon Prize is given by the Kochon Foundation
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has been awarded the International Kochon Prize 2017...
Highest policy group of NHM meets today, to take up TB,...
The Mission Steering Group (MSG) is chaired by health minister J P Nadda and has several other ministers, secretaries as members
The highest policy making ...
Fresh WHO guidelines call for expanded TB testing, shorter drug regimen
TB kills an estimated 480,000 Indians every year and more than 1,400 every day.World Health Organization (WHO) has come out with fresh guidelines to...
On March 13 PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate India TB summit
The first of its kind event is expected to generate momentum for TB elimination by 2025Prime minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India TB...
Re-vaccination with BCG can reduce infection from TB patients
According to the World Health Organisation, people ill with TB can infect 10–15 other people through close contact over the course of a year
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