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US Woman Arrested After Refusing Tuberculosis Treatment For More Than A Year
Under Washington state law, health providers are required to report cases and work with patients to make sure they get treatment to cure active cases of the disease.
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Ants Found Crawling On Patient's Body In Maharashtra Hospital: Family
Relatives of a 22-year-old man, who died of TB at a state-run hospital in Solapur city in Maharashtra, on Tuesday claimed that ants were found crawling all over his body in the hospital ward.
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Google I/O 2021: Google Health’s New AI Tools Can Identify Common Skin Problems, Potential TB Patients
Google Health announced new AI tools that will help users identify various skin, nail, or hair issues. Additionally, Google will let clinics identify potential TB patients by screening their chest scans using AI. These new AI tools are expected to launch soon.
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India Notifies 24.04 Lakh TB Cases, 79,144 Deaths In 2019: Annual Report
India notified the highest number of 24.04 lakh tuberculosis cases last year as against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases by WHO, indicating that around three lakh patients missed out from the national TB programme, according to an annual report on the disease released on Wednesday.
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After UP Governor, Yogi Adityanath And UP MLAs To Adopt A TB patient each
UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh has urged all UP ministers and legislators to adopt a TB patient each and help in achieving the target announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a TB free India by 2025.
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World TB Day 2018: Here's How Can You Take Care Of Tuberculosis At Home
World TB Day 2018: Home remedies help the drugs work much better and will cure you of tuberculosis in a faster and better way.
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Noida: TB Patient Dies Waiting In Queue Of District Hospital
Premanand revealed that even though Deepak was not in a good condition, he was forced to stand in the queue and wait for his turn for an hour. Read about the medical negligence of Noida district hospital here.
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In Government Tuberculosis Programme, Aadhaar A Must For Cash Benefits
Aadhaar has been made mandatory for tuberculosis patients who need cash assistance from the government and healthcare providers who receive benefits under the scheme. Those who do not have the unique biometric identity yet, have been given time till August 31 to acquire it, the health ministry has said. The number will be linked to Nikshay, the gov...
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More Than 1 Million TB Patients Lack Adequate Nutrition, Shows Study
By Charu Bahri/ IndiaSpend.org Mt Abu/Abu Road: One look at Puni Garasia, 14, was all it took Ashok Dave, a doctor operating a charitable mobile clinic service for 56 dusty, desolate hamlets in Sirohi, southwest Rajasthan, to suspect tuberculosis (TB). “She was all skin and bones,” Dave, an employee of Global Hospital & Research Centre, a healt...
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Health Check: 25% of the World's Tuberculosis Patients in India
According to a latest study, conducted by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) researchers, India bears the highest burden of tuberculosis globally and about 25% of the world's tuberculosis patients belong to India.
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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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Supreme Court Orders Daily TB Treatment For Millions With Free Tablets
Millions of tuberculosis patients in India will receive daily treatment after the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to change the current dosing practice amid activist claims it was endangering lives.
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How New Model Of Tracking TB Patients Holds Promise For India
By Shreya Shah Mehsana, Gujarat: “Is Khema Bhai there?” BD Sagar shouted out in Gujarati to a small group of people sitting under a tree on a dusty knoll, in the outskirts of Mehsana city, in north-western Gujarat. Sturdily built Sagar, a senior treatment supervisor in India’s national tuberculosis (TB) programme, was searching for a TB patie...
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Government To Carry Out Nationwide Survey On Tuberculosis After 6 Decades
A nationwide survey to determine the number of patients suffering from tuberculosis will be carried out next year after a gap of nearly six decades.
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How 3 Patients In Same Family Are A Challenge to Centre’s TB Programme
New Delhi: Over 20 lakh people develop Tuberculosis (TB) in a year in India. While the national TB control programme is trying to reach the affected, its biggest challenge lies in tackling 15 per cent drop out from government’s treatment programme. According to analysts, for India to be TB free, the government programme will have to reach out to ...
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US Woman Arrested After Refusing Tuberculosis Treatment For More Than A Year
Under Washington state law, health providers are required to report cases and work with patients to make sure they get treatment to cure active cases of the disease.
-
Ants Found Crawling On Patient's Body In Maharashtra Hospital: Family
Relatives of a 22-year-old man, who died of TB at a state-run hospital in Solapur city in Maharashtra, on Tuesday claimed that ants were found crawling all over his body in the hospital ward.
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Google I/O 2021: Google Health’s New AI Tools Can Identify Common Skin Problems, Potential TB Patients
Google Health announced new AI tools that will help users identify various skin, nail, or hair issues. Additionally, Google will let clinics identify potential TB patients by screening their chest scans using AI. These new AI tools are expected to launch soon.
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India Notifies 24.04 Lakh TB Cases, 79,144 Deaths In 2019: Annual Report
India notified the highest number of 24.04 lakh tuberculosis cases last year as against an estimated 26.9 lakh cases by WHO, indicating that around three lakh patients missed out from the national TB programme, according to an annual report on the disease released on Wednesday.
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After UP Governor, Yogi Adityanath And UP MLAs To Adopt A TB patient each
UP Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh has urged all UP ministers and legislators to adopt a TB patient each and help in achieving the target announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a TB free India by 2025.
-
World TB Day 2018: Here's How Can You Take Care Of Tuberculosis At Home
World TB Day 2018: Home remedies help the drugs work much better and will cure you of tuberculosis in a faster and better way.
-
Noida: TB Patient Dies Waiting In Queue Of District Hospital
Premanand revealed that even though Deepak was not in a good condition, he was forced to stand in the queue and wait for his turn for an hour. Read about the medical negligence of Noida district hospital here.
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In Government Tuberculosis Programme, Aadhaar A Must For Cash Benefits
Aadhaar has been made mandatory for tuberculosis patients who need cash assistance from the government and healthcare providers who receive benefits under the scheme. Those who do not have the unique biometric identity yet, have been given time till August 31 to acquire it, the health ministry has said. The number will be linked to Nikshay, the gov...
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More Than 1 Million TB Patients Lack Adequate Nutrition, Shows Study
By Charu Bahri/ IndiaSpend.org Mt Abu/Abu Road: One look at Puni Garasia, 14, was all it took Ashok Dave, a doctor operating a charitable mobile clinic service for 56 dusty, desolate hamlets in Sirohi, southwest Rajasthan, to suspect tuberculosis (TB). “She was all skin and bones,” Dave, an employee of Global Hospital & Research Centre, a healt...
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Health Check: 25% of the World's Tuberculosis Patients in India
According to a latest study, conducted by the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy (CDDEP) researchers, India bears the highest burden of tuberculosis globally and about 25% of the world's tuberculosis patients belong to India.
-
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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Supreme Court Orders Daily TB Treatment For Millions With Free Tablets
Millions of tuberculosis patients in India will receive daily treatment after the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to change the current dosing practice amid activist claims it was endangering lives.
-
How New Model Of Tracking TB Patients Holds Promise For India
By Shreya Shah Mehsana, Gujarat: “Is Khema Bhai there?” BD Sagar shouted out in Gujarati to a small group of people sitting under a tree on a dusty knoll, in the outskirts of Mehsana city, in north-western Gujarat. Sturdily built Sagar, a senior treatment supervisor in India’s national tuberculosis (TB) programme, was searching for a TB patie...
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Government To Carry Out Nationwide Survey On Tuberculosis After 6 Decades
A nationwide survey to determine the number of patients suffering from tuberculosis will be carried out next year after a gap of nearly six decades.
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How 3 Patients In Same Family Are A Challenge to Centre’s TB Programme
New Delhi: Over 20 lakh people develop Tuberculosis (TB) in a year in India. While the national TB control programme is trying to reach the affected, its biggest challenge lies in tackling 15 per cent drop out from government’s treatment programme. According to analysts, for India to be TB free, the government programme will have to reach out to ...
