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Tuberculosis: Short 6-Month Oral Treatment Plan Proves Affordable In India
Shorter, six month and alloral treatment regimens for multidrugresistant and rifampicinresistant tuberculosis (MDR/RRTB) are costeffective and deliver better health outcomes than longer regimens.
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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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1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert Zarir Udwadia
New Delhi: About 8,000 patients pass through Dr Zarir F Udwadia’s busy clinic every year. The patients who are usually referred to him by colleagues from different parts of the country are difficult cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). An expert in drug-resistant tuberculosis and interstitial lung disease (ILD), Dr Udwadia is curr...
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Drug Resistant TB - What Should You Know
Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and India has the maximum number of cases of this deadly but curable and treatable disease. The World Health Organizations Global Tuberculosis Report in 2016 estimates that there are 79,000 cases of MDR-TB or Multi-Drug Resistance Tuberculosis. This is becoming a serious problem and a big ...
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Under Daily Dose TB Treatment, Drugs To Be Given As Per Patient's Weight
New Delhi: The Supreme Court last week had directed the Centre to change its thrice weekly regimen of tuberculosis (TB) drugs for patients to a daily regimen. The orders were issued on a PIL filed by TB specialist Dr Raman Kakkar, who said the current treatment protocol was endangering lives. For the last 25 years, the National TB programme ...
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Despite Winning In Court, Patna Teen Will Have To Wait Longer To Get New TB Drug
New Delhi: A Patna teenager, who is suffering from extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, has won her right to a necessary drug in court. But it would be at least another 16 days before she has it in her hand. The delay will be due to the lengthy administrative process, which her father Kaushal Kishore Tripathi is dealing with. The teenager who ha...
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Experts Speak On Patna Teen Girl’s Fight For TB Drug
New Delhi: Eighteen-year-old girl is fighting a battle against Tuberculosis in Patna. Her father, Kaushal Kishore Tripathi, is doing the rounds of the court, fighting to get her daughter access to a medicine that could potentially save her life. The teenager developed TB symptoms in 2011 and six years hence, she is now suffering from extremely dr...
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India Matters: Tuberculosis - Private Doctors on Call
At a call centre in Gurgaon, Haryana, there is an air of urgency. Calls are coming in from private practitioners and chemists in Gujarat.
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Tuberculosis: Short 6-Month Oral Treatment Plan Proves Affordable In India
Shorter, six month and alloral treatment regimens for multidrugresistant and rifampicinresistant tuberculosis (MDR/RRTB) are costeffective and deliver better health outcomes than longer regimens.
-
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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1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert Zarir Udwadia
New Delhi: About 8,000 patients pass through Dr Zarir F Udwadia’s busy clinic every year. The patients who are usually referred to him by colleagues from different parts of the country are difficult cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). An expert in drug-resistant tuberculosis and interstitial lung disease (ILD), Dr Udwadia is curr...
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Drug Resistant TB - What Should You Know
Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide and India has the maximum number of cases of this deadly but curable and treatable disease. The World Health Organizations Global Tuberculosis Report in 2016 estimates that there are 79,000 cases of MDR-TB or Multi-Drug Resistance Tuberculosis. This is becoming a serious problem and a big ...
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Under Daily Dose TB Treatment, Drugs To Be Given As Per Patient's Weight
New Delhi: The Supreme Court last week had directed the Centre to change its thrice weekly regimen of tuberculosis (TB) drugs for patients to a daily regimen. The orders were issued on a PIL filed by TB specialist Dr Raman Kakkar, who said the current treatment protocol was endangering lives. For the last 25 years, the National TB programme ...
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Despite Winning In Court, Patna Teen Will Have To Wait Longer To Get New TB Drug
New Delhi: A Patna teenager, who is suffering from extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, has won her right to a necessary drug in court. But it would be at least another 16 days before she has it in her hand. The delay will be due to the lengthy administrative process, which her father Kaushal Kishore Tripathi is dealing with. The teenager who ha...
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Experts Speak On Patna Teen Girl’s Fight For TB Drug
New Delhi: Eighteen-year-old girl is fighting a battle against Tuberculosis in Patna. Her father, Kaushal Kishore Tripathi, is doing the rounds of the court, fighting to get her daughter access to a medicine that could potentially save her life. The teenager developed TB symptoms in 2011 and six years hence, she is now suffering from extremely dr...
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India Matters: Tuberculosis - Private Doctors on Call
At a call centre in Gurgaon, Haryana, there is an air of urgency. Calls are coming in from private practitioners and chemists in Gujarat.
