JP Nadda to launch 100-day TB Elimination Campaign in Panchkula today Kajal Rajput7 Dec 2024 12:30 PM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, will officially launch the 100-Day TB Elimination Campaign in...
Aiming for Tuberculosis-free nation: Role of National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) MD Bureau8 May 2023 4:00 PM ISTCurrently, the central government is implementing multiple programs to combat various communicable and non-communicable diseases. However, the...
BCG vaccine provides protection from TB to young children, not adolescents or adults: Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTThe tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is nearly 100 years old and is the only vaccine available as of now for prevention of TB....
20% of MDR TB cases in children could be averted by household testing and treatment Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 May 2022 9:30 AM ISTOne in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact...
USAID-India End TB Alliance to eliminate TB announced Medical Dialogues Bureau29 Sept 2018 9:00 AM ISTThe US and India have formed an alliance comprising leading experts in public and private sectors to combat the menace of tuberculosis, an...
India leads World Charts for Muti-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: WHO Report Medical Dialogues Bureau23 Sept 2018 9:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), India has accounted for 24 per cent cases of multi-drug resistant...
