The prevalence of TB among covid-19 patients has been found to be 0.37% to 4.47% in different studies, says the Union health ministry
1 min read28 Aug 2020Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan expressed confidence that the government will achieve the goal of tuberculosis free India by 2025 as resource allocation for the disease has witnessed a four-fold increase in the last five years
1 min read17 Aug 2020From April to June, 340,000 TB patients were notified to govt, down 47.6% compared to April-June 2019
1 min read27 Jul 2020ICMR got the Tamil Nadu government's permission to study the efficacy of the Bacillus Calmette- Gurin (BCG) vaccine in senior citizens in the fight against COVID-19, at its National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT)
1 min read15 Jul 2020A century-old tuberculosis vaccine may play a role in reducing death due to Covid-19 infection, a preliminary study has suggested.
2 min read10 Jul 2020According to the report, private sector enabled India to close gap in ‘missing cases’ from over 1 mn to about 300,000
2 min read25 Jun 2020The notifications from private sector health care providers reached 5.4 lakhs — an increase of 40%, contributing to 25% of all TB notificationsThe report says at least 49,733 cases were detected due to the efforts of the Active Case Finding Campaign, under which 14.4 crore vulnerable people were screened
2 min read25 Sep 2019genetic variations identified in clinical strains from North India could be resistant to drugsIndia accounts for 24% of global MDR TB and 27% of global TB incidence among HIV-negative people
2 min read19 Jul 2019A tuberculosis-free world is possible only by 2045 and not 2030, the target year set by UN SDGs to end the epidemic, says a Lancet reportCountries with high disease burden need to ensure that quality diagnostic tests and treatments are available, says the report
3 min read21 Mar 2019Weekly administration of rifapentine and isoniazid (3HP) for 3 months in adults with HIV taking DTG was well-tolerated, with no need for dose-adjustmentThe regimen is already approved for the treatment of TB infection by the US Food and Drug Administration
2 min read6 Mar 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared