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Yogi govt gears up to make gram panchayats of Uttar Pradesh 'TB-free'
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a statement from the Chief Minister’s office, the initiative will be implemented on the ground soon with the collective effort of the District Tuberculosis Officer and District Panchayat Raj Officer (DPRO).
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Metropolis Foundation adopts 1,000 Tuberculosis (TB) patients in Mumbai, u
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 21: Metropolis Foundation, the CSR arm of Metropolis Healthcare, today announced that it has adopted 1000 TB patients in Mumbai under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan. This is the second cycle of the CSR programme, in which Metropolis Foundation
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WHO South-East Asia region member countries adopt Gandhinagar declaration
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh in her address to a ministerial meeting ‘Sustain, Accelerate, and Innovate to end TB in the South-East Asia Region’ on Thursday said: “Today, urgent action is needed more than ever to achieve our goal of a region free of tuberc
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UP CM Yogi directs officials to expedite TB screening, testing
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions for providing immediate treatment to tuberculosis patients and containment of the infection upon confirmation of the disease in any individual in the state. This action is being taken in line with the efforts to fulfil Prim
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Over 1000 people infected with tuberculosis in Afghanistan’s Kandahar in l
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Head of the tuberculosis section in Kandahar’s Public Health Department, Jamaluddin Azimi, said: “In the last six months, we had approximately 1,160 tuberculosis patients, which has decreased by six and a half per cent compared to last year, and overall, the level of the disease among women
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WHO launches 'One life, one liver' campaign on World Hepatitis Day
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
To mark World Hepatitis Day (WHD), the WHO is calling for scaling up testing and treatment for viral hepatitis, warning that the disease could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by 2040 if current infection trends continue.
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Co-Diagnostics, Inc. Announces Recent Grant Awards
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Salt Lake City (Utah) [US], July 19: Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) (the "Company" or "Co-Dx"), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, today announced grants awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation r
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“Lok Bhagidari essential to eliminate TB from country”: Mansukh Mandaviya
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday called upon people’s participation in eliminating Tuberculosis from the country and said that it can go a long way to make India TB-free.
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Union Health Minister to inaugurate Swasthya Chintan Shivir at Dehradun
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The two day Swasthya Chintan Shivir will be organized by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare along with the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare.
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Antiviral cytokines dampen immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immune response to tuberculosis. The findings were published in the journal 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Anti-viral cytokines blunt immune response to tuberculosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how anti-viral cytokines can reduce the immunological response to tuberculosis. The study was published in the journal, 'Cellular Immunology.'
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Study reveals how tuberculosis cases in prisons worldwide go unnoticed
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered TB case rates to be persistently high and case detection to be low in jails, indicating the need for health organisations to step up efforts to stop the spread of TB among this high-risk demographic. A recent study done by the Boston University School of Public Health
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