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World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2025: Theme And Its Significance
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2025: The theme for World TB Day 2025 is "Yes! We Can End TB", reinforcing the idea that ending tuberculosis is possible with collective effort.
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Tuberculosis Replaces Covid As Top Infectious Disease Killer, Says WHO
Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global effort to eradicate the disease.
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India Witnessed Maximum Number Of TB Deaths In 2016
Though the numbers have dipped this year, India continues to notify maximum number of TB deaths in the world.
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In Mumbai, TB Deaths Spark Data Dispute
By Swagata Yadavar and Brenda Marbaniang/ IndiaSpend.org Mumbai: India’s richest municipal corporation has denied nonprofit Praja Foundation’s assessment — made from the corporation’s own data — that 18 people die of tuberculosis every day, even as Praja Foundation claims the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no way of knowing ...
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In Its War Against Tuberculosis, Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies
Swagata Yadavar/IndiaSpend.org India has over 850,000 private pharmacies or chemists nationwide; yet, only nine per cent of them have been engaged in efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), according to a January 2017 paper published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy. The paper, ‘Engagement of the private pharmaceutical sector fo...
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They Survived TB. Here Are Their Stories
With the highest tuberculosis burden in the world, India is the capital of the global TB crisis. The patients of tuberculosis need more than just medicines. They need acceptance and care. With this common understanding in mind, a group of TB survivors got together to form a community that works towards making TB care more accessible and patient-cen...
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World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2025: Theme And Its Significance
World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2025: The theme for World TB Day 2025 is "Yes! We Can End TB", reinforcing the idea that ending tuberculosis is possible with collective effort.
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Tuberculosis Replaces Covid As Top Infectious Disease Killer, Says WHO
Tuberculosis replaced COVID-19 to become the top cause for infectious disease-related deaths in 2023, according to a World Health Organization report published on Tuesday, highlighting the challenges in the global effort to eradicate the disease.
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India Witnessed Maximum Number Of TB Deaths In 2016
Though the numbers have dipped this year, India continues to notify maximum number of TB deaths in the world.
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In Mumbai, TB Deaths Spark Data Dispute
By Swagata Yadavar and Brenda Marbaniang/ IndiaSpend.org Mumbai: India’s richest municipal corporation has denied nonprofit Praja Foundation’s assessment — made from the corporation’s own data — that 18 people die of tuberculosis every day, even as Praja Foundation claims the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has no way of knowing ...
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In Its War Against Tuberculosis, Why India Should Use Private Pharmacies
Swagata Yadavar/IndiaSpend.org India has over 850,000 private pharmacies or chemists nationwide; yet, only nine per cent of them have been engaged in efforts to control tuberculosis (TB), according to a January 2017 paper published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice and Policy. The paper, ‘Engagement of the private pharmaceutical sector fo...
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They Survived TB. Here Are Their Stories
With the highest tuberculosis burden in the world, India is the capital of the global TB crisis. The patients of tuberculosis need more than just medicines. They need acceptance and care. With this common understanding in mind, a group of TB survivors got together to form a community that works towards making TB care more accessible and patient-cen...
