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.
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