New global plan launched to #endTB in next 101 months
Despite the promise by all countries to end TB by 2030 (and India to end TB by 2025), decline in TB rates, deaths, and number of new infections, is not…
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Treatment of the world’s oldest epidemic: the past, present and future
This article is dedicated to all those who lost their lives to world's most deadly infectious disease - TB - and to those who defeated it Is it not shocking…
What if TB, HIV medicines stop working? Experts unite against drug resistance
A picture containing text, person, person, suit Description automatically generatedOne year and 10 months ago when first case of corona virus was reported in Wuhan, China, entire world was terrified…
Comparing Response to Two Important Diseases—Tuberculosis and COVID-19
Tuberculosis has been one of the most damaging infectious diseases of India for several decades. COVID-19 has been the most feared disease In India for over a year now. From…
Will advances in TB treatment outweigh the Covid-19 pushback?
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on TB diagnosis and mortality in 2020 has been frightening, to say the least. Recently released WHO data shows that 1.4 million fewer people…
Fighting Multi-Drug Resistant TB
"Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you but to help you release the hidden potential and power". This quote by the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, a…
Tuberculosis and the Indian Poor: The present and the future
Co-Written by K Rajasekharan Nayar; Arathi P Rao; Lekha D Bhat; Anant Kumar and Parul Malik The World Health Organization has recently published the latest World Tuberculosis Report (2020) and…
The TB Paradox
What causes much more death and tragedy throughout the world, for several decades than Covid-19, but does not cause panic and hysteria, and, is not considered an emergency? It's…
Cost of inaction to prevent and treat TB is (very) high
Prevention of TB was the focus of many a sessions at the 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Hyderabad, India, on the theme of 'Ending the Emergency: Science,…
Ground zero: Frontline champions lead the fight to #endTB as global meet opens in India
It was indeed a humbling experience for me to interact with a few frontline healthcare workers who are courageously fighting the #endTB battle on the ground in Hyderabad, India (the…
Are we forgetting that TB prevention is better than cure?
Without infection there is no disease: Nip the TB infection Prevention of new infections of TB bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) and their progression to active TB disease is critical to reduce…
Speed is not enough, accelerating progress is key to end TB: new WHO report
Global fight against tuberculosis (TB) is making modest gains, although largely not yet on track to end TB. 2019 Global TB Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) launched…
Is Universal Health Coverage an opportunity to end AIDS and TB?
At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2019, a special United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) will be held on Universal Health Coverage (UHC). 193 countries have promised to…
Writing’s on the wall: No #endAIDS without #endTB
TB and HIV both are preventable, but cutting the chain of transmission of HIV and TB is proving to be a daunting task. Treatment exists for both TB and HIV…
Preventing TB is a critical cog in the wheel to #endTB and #endAIDS
Every case of active tuberculosis (TB) disease comes from an individual with latent TB infection. And every new case of latent TB infection is a sign of failing infection control,…
New milestone for improved treatment for children with TB
(CNS): More and more children around the world are now benefitting from fixed dose combination (FDC) of child-friendly medicines to treat drug-sensitive TB, thanks to the untiring efforts of TB…
It’s Time to bend the curve sharply to #endTB
Co-Written by Shobha Shukla and Bobby Ramakant Although governments of 193 countries had promised way back in 2015 to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, the global annual rate of TB…
It’s Time: Match words with actions to #endTB
Alongside boosting research and development of new tools to prevent, diagnose and treat TB, there is an acute need to optimally deploy and maximally utilize existing tools for preventing, diagnosing…
Connecting ‘Silos’: Interdependence Is Key To #EndTB in Sustainable Development Era
(CNS): When major weak-spots go beyond the purview of health ministry, inter-sectoral programming becomes critical to progress towards ending tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, globally. Indian government has committed to…
Integrated TB-HIV Responses Are A Must To Meet Sustainable Development Goals
(CNS): At the 2015 United Nations General Assembly, governments committed to achieve SDGs by 2030, one of which is to end AIDS and TB by 2030. If people living with…
MDR-TB Treatment Regimen: Short Indeed Is Effective
WHO recently announced new recommendations to speed up diagnosis and improve treatment outcomes for multi drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) through the use of a novel rapid diagnostic test…
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