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Assam Governor adopts 100 TB patients under Ni-Kshay Mitra initiative
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
It may be noted that the Governor made this announcement during a ceremonial programme held at Raj Bhavan, Guwahati, where the Governor also distributed food baskets to five TB patients and felicitated five Ni-kshay Mitras and five TB Champions in recognition of their respective roles tow
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PM Modi chairs meeting with Nadda to review TB elimination campaign progre
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened a meeting on Tuesday to assess the progress of the tuberculosis elimination campaign. Union Health Minister JP Nadda and other leaders attended.
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City X Ray & Scan Clinic becomes the First Lab in Delhi-NCR to receive
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19: 'TB Free India' Mission has been gaining traction with the participation of private sector in capacity building. Quality-certified diagnostic services by private sector labs are set to play a role of powerful catalyst in identifying 'missing millions.' The go
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Health Ministry approves introduction of new shorter, more efficacious tre
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The BPaLM regimen is a novel treatment for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) under its National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) as a highly effective and shorter treatment option.
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Gates Foundation set for first large-scale tuberculosis vaccine trial: CEO
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The people who get tuberculosis are largely poor people who can't pay for treatments. That's an example of an investment that is not focused on India, but if it works, it will have very high benefits for India, which has a high TB burden," the CEO said, referring to India's ambitious tube
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No shortage of TB drugs in India: Union Health Ministry
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to an official release from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, "There is no shortage of anti-tuberculosis drugs in the country. There has been a regular supply of anti-TB drugs to all the states and UTs from the central level under the NTEP throughout the year."
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