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Anti-malaria drugs can fight pulmonary disease, finds study
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colorado [US], March 22 (ANI): A team of researchers from Colorado University has found that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.
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Research: Treatment length for children with tuberculosis now reduced
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Washington [US], March 11 (ANI): A recent UCL-led international trial that explored tuberculosis (TB) treatment effectiveness in children has led to a change in the World Health Organisation's global guidelines for managing the disease.
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Govt has controlled prices of over 800 medicines required for treatment of
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New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, while interacting virtually with the beneficiaries of the "Jan Aushadhi Kendra", said that the Central government kept under control the prices of more than 800 medicines required for the treatment of serious diseas
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India supplies medical assistance to Iran as part of ongoing humanitarian
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): India supplied medical assistance consisting of anti-Tuberculosis medicines, as part of its ongoing humanitarian assistance to Iran on February 12.
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Over 3.3 mn lives lost due to COVID this year, 2022 must be year we end pa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 21 (ANI): Noting that over 3.3 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19 this year - more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020 -- WHO has said that "2022 must be the year we end the pandemic".
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Vice President calls for a people's movement to eliminate TB by 2025
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday called for a people's movement to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025.
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WHO says global inequities prevent elimination of HIV, Tuberculosis, Malar
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Economic and health inequalities remain a major obstacle toward achieving global and national targets in eliminating AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report released on Thursday.
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Health Ministers of South-East Asia Region commit to renew efforts to end
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): The Ministers of Health of countries in WHO South-East Asia Region on Tuesday committed to renew and accelerate efforts to end tuberculosis, in view of the pandemic disrupting services and leading to increase in TB cases in the already high-burden Region.
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Need to accelerate development of new diagnostics, vaccines to advance TB
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday expressed the need to accelerate the development of new diagnostics, vaccines and drugs, use digital technology, Artificial Intelligence, and other innovations to
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Experts discuss gender and stigma barriers to TB Care at Union Conference
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 22 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Global Coalition Against Tuberculosis (GCAT) and Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT) jointly organized the session The policymaker's roundtable: Addressing gender and stigma barriers to TB Care on 21st October 2021 at th
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MoS Health launches Phase-II of awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS, TB
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): In a bid to commemorate India's 75th year of Independence, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday launched Phase II of awareness campaigns on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (TB) under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
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President Kovind inaugurates 72nd TB Seal Campaign of Tuberculosis Associa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 72nd TB (Tuberculosis) Seal Campaign of the Tuberculosis Association of India here at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday.
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