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Delhi: Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital starts Bronchoscopy facility to improve p
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
This test is very useful for the diagnosis of many respiratory conditions like cancers, tuberculosis, hemoptysis etc; apart from having therapeutic indications.
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India develops mathematical model for estimation of TB burden cases, first
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"Estimation of Tuberculosis (TB) burden especially in terms of incidence and mortality has never been an easy task, especially with aggregated reporting or when the coverage of case base surveillance system has not reached saturation levels. However, with the introduction and rapid scale-up
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Assam Health & Family Dept conferred with national award for reduction
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
The award was conferred at the One World TB Summit held at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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HaystackAnalytics rolls out India's first-of-its-kind TB Fundraising Campa
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): With a sharp focus on the eradication of tuberculosis in India this World TB Day, HaystackAnalytics, an IIT Bombay-based health-tech startup, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, has launched a fundrai
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TB will lose and India will win: PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Tuberculosis (TB) will lose and India and the world will win, adding that while the global target to end TB is 2030, India is working on eliminating it five years earlier, by 2025.
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India committed to end tuberculosis by 2025: PM Modi launches TB-Mukt Panc
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In the last nine years, public participation through initiatives like 'Ni-kshay Mitra' has played a very important role in the fight against TB, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.
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WHO calls for intensified actions to eradicate TB in South East Asia
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
On World Tuberculosis Day (TB), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for intensified actions to eradicate the disease in the South East Asian region which bears the world's highest TB burden.
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PM Modi to address 'One World TB Summit' in Varanasi today
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 'One World TB Summit' on World Tuberculosis Day at Rudrakash Convention Centre in Varanasi on Friday.
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I have no hesitation to say India will end Tuberculosis by 2025: Dr Lucica
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
So the biggest challenge will be to maintain this political commitment. So I really hope that Prime Minister Modi together with a team of ministers of health and his TB programme will continue to focus on it, Dr Lucica Ditiu further said
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PM Modi to address 'One World TB Summit' on March 24 in Varanasi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on March 24 and address the 'One World TB Summit' on World Tuberculosis Day at Rudrakash Convention Centre.
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Union Health Minister flags off 75 trucks for countrywide awareness drive
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday flagged off 75 Trucks with TB awareness messages that have been provided by Apollo Tyres Foundation, who are actively supporting the Ni-kshay scheme. These trucks will travel and carry the messages of TB-free India across states.
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Ratan P. Watal appointed to the Board of TB Alliance
Updated : 3 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI/GPRC): TB Alliance, a New York-based global not-for-profit organization, has appointed Ratan P. Watal to its Board of Directors. Welcoming Ratan Watal, the CEO of TB Alliance, Melvin Spigelman, said, "We are extremely delighted to welcome Ratan P. Watal as a
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