Initiative to detect active TB cases in UP and Uttarakhand
The initiative is undertaken by the Institute of Heart and Lung Diseases (IHLD) in collaboration with Krafton India.
The initiative is undertaken by the Institute of Heart and Lung Diseases (IHLD) in collaboration with Krafton India.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have decoded the mechanism that helps the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium to persist in the human body for decades.
A government medical officer TB control (MOTC) has written to the state TB officer (STO) recently expressing deep concern over the quality of medicines requesting the latter to take immediate action on the matter.
It has decided to celebrate 16 days of "Seva Pakhwara" from September 17 to October 2, the birth anniversary of the father of the nation- Mahatma Gandhi.
Under the initiative, door-to-door screening for TB was undertaken covering 68,019 villages. Based on verbal screening of 1,03,07,200 persons, 3,82,811 people were identified for presumptive TB.
India aims to eliminate TB before 2025 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made the commitment to end the disease five years ahead of the SDG targets.
The report also highlights significant declines in HIV testing and prevention services for key and vulnerable populations who were already disproportionately affected.
According to the note, even the Union Health Ministry had in 2020 recommended TB screening for all Covid patients.
India topped the list of countries across the world with the highest number of people infected with TB, an estimated 27 lakh patients with and 4.1 lakh died of the disease in 2017.
On the World Tuberculosis Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given a call to make the world TB-free.…
