Tag: Tuberculosis

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 18th July exchanged Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the Ministry of AYUSH, Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways to strengthen inter-ministerial coordination and efforts towards Tuberculosis-free India by 2025.....................

A team of researchers from Kolkata-based CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Bose Institute and Jadavpur University have figured out how tuberculosis bacterium is released from its reservoir inside the human body......................

Applications will be accepted until September 02, 2019. Further details about the Malaria Quest and the application process are available at the India Health fund website...............

Activities funded by Unitaid will run for 3 years in Brazil, China, Georgia, India and South AfricaThe project will generate evidence and boost in-country sequencing capacity to support the global adoption of commercial, targeted next-generation sequencing for affordable, scalable and rapid tuberculosis drug-susceptibility testing...........................

The Indian Medical Association has spelled out its efforts to End TB in Nagpur as part of the ‘End TB’ program launched by the Government of India. In addition, IMA will be holding a series of dedicated TB programs for medical professionals across Maharashtra................

In line with the Indian government’s initiative to eliminate Tuberculosis from the country by 2025, Fujifilm offers free chest X-Rays at Yashoda Super Speciality Hospital, Kaushambi......................

On the occasion of World TB Day, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director – South East Asia, WHO writes that WHO South-East Asia Region’s Member States are leading the charge to End TB by or before 2030.................

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has been working with the government to develop strategies that effectively address the impediments in the management of the disease, especially the low notification of patients......................

The genome of the bacterium that causes TB holds a special toxin-antitoxin system with spectacular action: once the toxin is activated, all bacterial cells die, stopping the disease............…….

The Nikshay Poshan Yojana has been set with purpose of monetary assistance to TB patients for nutrition needs. By way of conditional cash transfer through direct benefit transfers, the scheme is also expected to deliver in addressing out-of-pocket expenditure of TB patients and more...………...