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World Tuberculosis Day: Rising need to increase awareness among kids
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Ranking above HIV and malaria, health experts on the occasion of World Tuberculosis day, called for an increase in public awareness on the rising cases of TB among children.
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Candlelight vigil at India Gate marking World Tuberculosis Day
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): On the solemn occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Members of Parliament, policymakers, TB patients, survivors, and citizens of the civil society gathered at India Gate on Thursday, March 23 to pay tribute to the nearly five lakh lives lost due to this d
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Under-nutrition makes children susceptible to TB: Doctors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Emergence of multi drug resistant TB and complications aggravated by high rates of co-infection with HIV-AIDS has renewed the threat of TB epidemic in India. With widespread prevalence of the infection, children experience a serious risk of contracting Tuber
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017: Need to increase public awareness on TB among
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis can affect any age, caste or class and it is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2017 - Unite to End TB: Leave No One Behind
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 24 (ANI): Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death across the globe, ranking above HIV and malaria. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, there were 10.4 million new cases of TB worldwide.
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Here's a new treatment for TB patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], Mar. 2 (ANI): Antibacterial compounds found in soil could spell the beginnings of a new treatment for tuberculosis, new research led by the University of Sydney has found.
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National TB workshop calls for knowledge-sharing on best practices
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.16 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and CARE India's National Workshop on TB in Delhi focused on strengthening existing partnerships, involving more partners from private sector and civil society and an outcome-based roadmap to reduce TB burden in
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SC to hear plea in connection with doses of TB
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], 13(ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday will hear the plea filed by Dr. Raman Kakkar in connection with doses of Tuberculosis.
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SC asks Centre to administer drugs for TB on daily basis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to administer drugs for Tuberculosis on a daily basis, instead of once in three days to patients.
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Two-day interactive technology business incubator workshop ends
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Nov.29 (ANI): The British Deputy High Commission in Chandigarh and PEC University of Technology organised a two day interactive workshop on "Technology Business Incubators" (TBI) for exchanging best practices on the topic between India and the UK.
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Japan attracts tourists by promoting sports and luxury spas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Okinawa], Oct 28 (ANI): J League is a popular professional soccer group in Japan. The teams fight for TBC Levian Cup, which was initiated in 1992, a year before the launch of J League.
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TB tricks one's immune system to spread it among others
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct. 21 (ANI): A new study suggests that tuberculosis (TB) tricks the immune system into attacking the body's lung tissue so that the bacteria are allowed to spread to other people.
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