Tag: TB
NPTEL joins hands with National Institute for Research in TB to...
The eight-week 'Manage TB – an online course for doctors' to help the 'End TB' Strategy & 'TB Free Chennai' initiative was prepared in consultation with experts in the field of TB management and covered the epidemiology, diagnosis................
Johnson & Johnson announces progress towards health for humanity goals
The company's annual 'Health for Humanity' report discloses progress on global commitments and highlights key achievements toward eradicating and preventing disease, reimagining care delivery and promoting lifelong health................
“We are trying to ensure that new TB diagnostic tools are...
In an exclusive interaction with the BioVoice, Dr Sanjay Sarin, Country Head, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) shared the detailed insights on the efforts of his organization to tackle the tuberculosis situation in India................
Dr Javed Agrewala of IIT-R awarded ‘JC Bose Fellowship’ for TB...
Dr Agrewala has developed a chimeric vaccine by carefully studying the snags associated with BCG failure to protect public living in TB-endemic regions..................
World TB Day: Govt launches new initiatives to combat TB
The Union Health Secretary released the TB INDIA 2018 report and National Drug Resistance Survey report. besides launching the NikshayAushadi Portal and shorter regimen for Drug-Resistant TB.............
More than 88,000 TB Patients notified between 2015-17
The current Axshya project consortium led by World Vision India has its roots in National TB Consortium started in 2007 with a vision of a "TB Free India".............
Govt mass media campaign highlights the link between tobacco & Tuberculosis
This campaign that encourages smokers to visit their doctor to confirm whether a persistent cough is a sign of TB, is designed to create support for its eradication, encourage smokers to quit, and increase timely diagnosis and treatment of the disease...........
End TB Summit: WHO South-East Asia nations commit to intensified efforts
The Member countries of the Region stressed their firm intent to collectively reach out to 2 million missing TB cases and 150 000 multidrug-resistance cases by 2020...................
End TB Summit 2018: Confident that India can be free of...
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi said that the event will always be known as a landmark event towards the elimination of tuberculosis in the world............
Global leaders meeting in Delhi to fast-track ‘End TB’ efforts
Hosted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, the World Health Organization and the Stop TB Partnership, the Delhi End TB Summit 2018 will be inaugurated on 13 March by the Prime Minister of India, Mr Narendra Modi.......