Tuberculosis Diagnosis

The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.

World TB Day 2020: A person with spinal TB experiences back pain and painful movements in the early stages apart from fever and loss of appetite and weight. Read here to know more about spinal tuberculosis.

India has the world's highest burden of TB, with 27 per cent of all global cases and over 30 per cent of all deaths worldwide.

Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...

TB deaths have decreased over the past year, with an estimated 10 million people having developed TB and 1.6 million deaths, including among 300,000 HIV-positive people, in 2017.

It was thus a moment of triumph when the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) called for the first-ever High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB to endorse a political declaration that aims to strengthen action and investments to end tuberculosis.

The ministry said tuberculosis is a dangerous epidemic disease, a threat to life and is a major public health problem.

By Shreya Shah/ IndiaSpend.org It took 90 days, and four doctors across two cities to diagnose that Bhuveka Thareja, 13, suffered from tuberculosis (TB). It all started with a fever in December 2015. The doctor gave Bhuveka some medicines and the fever went away. But in January 2016, the fever came back, and the doctor recommended a chest X-Ray. Bu...

Tuberculosis or TB is a global health crisis that affects an estimated 9.6 million people in the world. 2.8 million of those affected are Indians, making India the TB capital of the world. The disease continues to spread at an alarming rate in the country, making it an epidemic. TB brings suffering, devastation, poverty, debt and death, often to th...

Tuberculosis or TB is considered to be one of the biggest health crisis in India. What’s often missed is the fact that TB cases suffer from delayed and inaccurate diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis of TB is critical for the treatment and infection control. Timely and correct diagnosis curtails the cycle of TB transmission and helps in commencing TB tr...

Stanford engineers, including those of Indian origin, have built an ultra-low-cost, human-powered centrifuge that separates blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes, and may enable precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.

A UK-based startup claims to have developed a new smartphone-sized, handheld device that may accurately diagnose everything from cancers to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis in a matter of minutes.

The innovators at Dectrocel Healthcare have developed a platform in which digital and analogue chest X-Ray images and pictures of children are uploaded and, in a few minutes, the algorithm is able to diagnose respiratory abnormalities that have significant mortalities such as tuberculosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: In this article, we share lifestyle tips that can help lower your risk.

World TB Day 2020: A person with spinal TB experiences back pain and painful movements in the early stages apart from fever and loss of appetite and weight. Read here to know more about spinal tuberculosis.

India has the world's highest burden of TB, with 27 per cent of all global cases and over 30 per cent of all deaths worldwide.

Jackson from the US was six-weeks-old when he first showed symptoms of Tuberculosis or TB. It took another six weeks and three doctors before he was diagnosed with TB. The delayed diagnosis nearly cost him his life. Jackson's case was highlighted at the release of a roadmap towards ending childhood TB by 10 global TB and child agencies in New York ...

TB deaths have decreased over the past year, with an estimated 10 million people having developed TB and 1.6 million deaths, including among 300,000 HIV-positive people, in 2017.

It was thus a moment of triumph when the United Nations General Assembly's (UNGA) called for the first-ever High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB to endorse a political declaration that aims to strengthen action and investments to end tuberculosis.

The ministry said tuberculosis is a dangerous epidemic disease, a threat to life and is a major public health problem.

By Shreya Shah/ IndiaSpend.org It took 90 days, and four doctors across two cities to diagnose that Bhuveka Thareja, 13, suffered from tuberculosis (TB). It all started with a fever in December 2015. The doctor gave Bhuveka some medicines and the fever went away. But in January 2016, the fever came back, and the doctor recommended a chest X-Ray. Bu...

Tuberculosis or TB is a global health crisis that affects an estimated 9.6 million people in the world. 2.8 million of those affected are Indians, making India the TB capital of the world. The disease continues to spread at an alarming rate in the country, making it an epidemic. TB brings suffering, devastation, poverty, debt and death, often to th...

Tuberculosis or TB is considered to be one of the biggest health crisis in India. What’s often missed is the fact that TB cases suffer from delayed and inaccurate diagnosis. Accurate diagnosis of TB is critical for the treatment and infection control. Timely and correct diagnosis curtails the cycle of TB transmission and helps in commencing TB tr...

Stanford engineers, including those of Indian origin, have built an ultra-low-cost, human-powered centrifuge that separates blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes, and may enable precise diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.

A UK-based startup claims to have developed a new smartphone-sized, handheld device that may accurately diagnose everything from cancers to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis in a matter of minutes.