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Tracking the Pulse of Tuberculosis

New antibiotic approved for drug-resistant tuberculosis ______ Sir Ganga Ram Hospital starts DOTS centre for free TB treatment, first private hospital to do so in Delhi ______ TB causes lung damage, even after successful treatment: Lancet study ______

GHS Newsletter 1st – 15th August 2019

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International Media

New antibiotic approved for drug-resistant tuberculosis THE WASHINGTON POST August 14th, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new drug for highly drug-resistant tuberculosis, the world’s leading infectious cause of death. Tuberculosis kills 1.6 million people a year, about 500,000 of whom suffer from drug-resistant strains of the disease. Read more Related News: FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to treat patients Medical Xpress |August 14th, 2019 In South Africa, newly approved TB regimen drastically cuts treatment time Medical Xpress | August 14th, 2019 FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients Stat News | August 14th, 2019 Hope for tuberculosis patients: FDA approves treatment for deadliest strain of drug-resistant TB PRI | August 15th, 2019 New treatment approved for drug-resistant tuberculosis CNN | August 15th, 2019

Better Therapies For TB Are Here, But They Will Not Deliver Themselves FORBES August 15th, 2019

Last year, at the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, I spoke about the need to "science the shit out of TB." Without innovation and ambition, we will continue to use century-old tools to fight the most important infectious killer of humans. Thankfully, innovative scientific research and partnerships are delivering us, for the first time, substantially shorter and safer drug treatments for TB. Read more Related News: New TB treatment can cure hardest-to-treat patients, FDA says NBC News | August 15th, 2019 Scientists find cure for TB strain resistant to current treatment Independent | August 15th, 2019

Sirturo Approved to Treat Adolescent Patients With Pulmonary Multidrug-Resistant TB MONTHLY PRESCRIBING REFERENCE August 13th, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sirturo (bedaquiline; Janssen) for use in pediatric patients aged 12 to less than 18 years and weighing at least 30kg as part of combination therapy for pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), when an effective treatment regimen cannot otherwise be provided. Previously, the antimycobacterial agent had only been approved for use in adult

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patients. Read more

Thermally-stable TB vaccine developed using new technique EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL REVIEW August 8th, 2019

A new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine is a major step closer to reality after a recent study showed that a promising TB antigen and a novel vaccine adjuvant can be protected from heat damage with a new technique, ensilication, developed at the University of Bath. Read more

J&J's Tuberculosis Drug Gets FDA Nod for Adolescent Patients ZACKS.COM August 12th, 2019

Johnson & Johnson announced that the FDA has granted accelerated approval to its antimycobacterial tablets, Sirturo (bedaquiline) as a combination therapy to treat adolescents with pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Read more

New cheap, portable TB test to begin manufacturing soon HOMELAND PREPAREDNESS NEWS August 2nd, 2019

A new test for tuberculosis will soon be available for research use, and its creators — Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) — say that it will be smaller, more portable and more affordable than its contemporaries. Read more

Nordic researchers: A quarter of the world's population at risk of developing tuberculosis

EUREKA ALERT August 2nd, 2019

A new study from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Denmark, has shown that probably 1 in 4 people in the world carry the tuberculosis bacterium in the body. The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, which affects more than 10 million people every year, and kills up to 2 million, making it the most deadly of the infectious diseases. Read more Related News: Quarter of world’s population at risk of developing tuberculosis Health Shots | August 5th, 2019

BCG shows better than expected protection in study of household TB contacts HEALIO August 6th, 2019

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An estimated 25% of household tuberculosis case contacts in the Innate Factors and Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or INFECT, study in Indonesia were considered early clearers, and researchers found that protection against M. tuberculosis was strongly associated with bacille Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, vaccination. Read more

Worldwide tuberculosis epidemic ‘leaving legacy of chronic lung disease’ COUNTRY PRESS August 8th, 2019

The study was carried out by scientists at the University of Dundee, working alongside doctors in hospitals and medical centres across India. It suggests those cured of the bacteria with antibiotics were at risk and, in worst case scenarios, had large holes in the lungs called cavities and widening of the airways called bronchiectasis. Read more

TB is preventable & curable: Zero new infection & zero deaths must become a reality

PAKISTAN CHRISTIAN POST August 4th, 2019

TB is preventable, treatable and curable. Science shows how can we effectively prevent, accurately diagnose, treat with effective regimen, and eventually cure TB. But are not we failing to translate scientific wisdom in public health gains? How can we explain over 10 million new cases of TB and 1.6 million TB deaths (including 300,000 TB deaths among people living with HIV) in 2017 (source: WHO Global TB Report 2018)? Read more

Patients treated for TB experience higher mortality than general population HEALIO August 5th, 2019

Tuberculosis is treatable and curable, but newly published study findings showed that patients treated for — or cured of — TB still experience significantly increased mortality following treatment, with a pooled standardized mortality ratio, or SMO, nearly three times higher than the general population or matched controls, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Read more

Tuberculosis still looms large over a fourth of the world’s people NEWS MEDICAL LIFE SCIENCES August 5th, 2019

A new Danish study concludes that a quarter of the people on earth have the tuberculosis bacillus within their bodies. This disease preys on over 10 million people annually, and kills 2 million a year. It is Number 1 on the list of killer diseases, far above AIDS and other infections. Read more

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Unmasking the hidden burden of tuberculosis in Mozambique

EUREKA ALERT August 1st, 2019

The real burden of tuberculosis is probably higher than estimated, according to a study on samples from autopsies performed in a Mozambican hospital. The study, led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by "la Caixa", shows that highly sensible molecular techniques can detect cases that escape clinical diagnosis and even traditional post-mortem examination of organs and tissues. Read more

Tuberculosis epidemic causes lasting damage to lungs MEDICAL XPRESS August 9th, 2019

New research from the University of Dundee has revealed that the worldwide tuberculosis (TB) epidemic is leaving a legacy of chronic lung disease. Scientists from the University, in partnership with the Respiratory Research Network of India, have reported results from a study of more than 2000 Indian patients with evidence of permanent lung damage. Read more

TGen and ABL plan global rollout of advanced test for TB AZ BIG MEDIA August 1st , 2019

Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) is expected to soon begin manufacturing of a compact, portable and affordable test for tuberculosis (TB), designed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. Read more

Tuberculosis outbreak at German school infects over 100 DW.COM August 1st, 2019

An unusually high number of students and teachers at a school in southwestern Germany have been infected with tuberculosis. Health officials are scouring the school for clues about why the disease spread. Read more

TB or not TB: Type 3 ILCs may decide

SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY August 2nd, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the world’s leading infectious cause of death. Ardain et al. showed that numbers of blood innate lymphoid cells (ILCs)—including ILC3s, which induce Th17 responses—were lower in TB patients compared to controls. Read more

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Over 100 infected as Tuberculosis OUTBREAK hits German school

RT NEWS August 2nd, 2019

Health officials have been scrambled to a school in southwestern Germany where dozens of children have been infected with lung-choking tuberculosis. A total of 109 students, teachers and other school employees at the Michael Ende non-denominational school have found themselves in the grip of the disease, following an outbreak in the town of Bad Schönborn. Read more

Preventing TB is Rooted in Medical Ethics and Human Rights MENAFN August 4th, 2019

With quarter of world's population infected with latent TB (not active TB disease), and in the light of scientific fact that every new case of active TB disease comes from this pool of population infected with latent TB, the writing on the wall is clear: we cannot put TB prevention on the blind spot anymore if we are to eliminate TB globally. Read more. Read more

The fight against tuberculosis – archive, 1913 THE GUARDIAN August 6th, 2019

The proceedings at the Tuberculosis Conference at the Central Hall, Westminster, to-day were in marked contrast to those of yesterday, when there was a sharp conflict between those who advanced somewhat extravagant claims for the tuberculin method of treating tuberculosis and those who roundly condemned its use on the ground that it was valueless, alike for diagnosis and as a therapeutic agent. Read more

Misitura Lawal-Arowona: Nigerian scientist develops anti-tuberculosis metal drug in India LEGIT August 6th, 2019

Another Nigerian has been recognised on the international scale in the field of medicine. Misitura Lawal-Arowona provided a solution that could help reduce tuberculosis in Africa and India. Read more Related News: The Nigerian Scientist Who Developed A New Metal-Based Drug To Beat Tuberculosis The African Exponent | August 11th, 2019

Time to Act on the 2018 TB Commitments RELIEF WEB

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August 7th, 2019

Nearly one year after the first United Nations High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, the Stop TB Partnership, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the World Health Organization call for immediate action to implement the commitments made by heads of state and governments. Read more

Groundbreaking study on KZN community gives new hope to fight TB IOL August 7th, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) despite it being treatable disease is the world's biggest infectious killer, claiming the lives of an estimated 1.6 million people around the world every year including 78 000 South Africans. Read more

Lung lining fluid key to elderly susceptibility to tuberculosis disease EUREKA ALERT August 7th, 2019

Old lungs are not as capable as young lungs of fighting off an infection of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis (TB), placing seniors at a greater risk of developing TB. The microbe that causes this infectious disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), currently kills more people in the world than any other pathogen. Read more

New Research Report on BCG Vaccine Market Growth with top key vendors like Merck, Sanofi Pasteur, Japan BCG Lab, Chinal National Biotec HEALTH GAZETTE 24 August 8th, 2019

BCG Vaccine Market 2019 Global Industry research report offers you market size, industry growth, share, development trends, investment plans, business idea and forecasts to 2025. This report highlights exhaustive study of major market along with present and forecast market scenario with useful business decisions. The report includes primary research alongside the comprehensive investigation of subjective as well as quantitative perspectives by different industry specialists, key supposition pioneers to gain the more profound understanding of the market and industry execution. Read more

Valdosta State University researchers discover new way to treat tuberculosis WTVC August 8th, 2019

Valdosta State University researchers have made a discovery that could impact millions of lives around the globe. The students have developed a new way to treat tuberculosis. Currently, the drug is in a clinical trial in

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India, where the disease affects 40% of the population. Read more

1 in 4 people in the world carry tuberculosis ZME SCIENCE August 9th, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) remains the world’s deadliest infectious killer. Each day, nearly 4,500 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease. The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which affects more than 10 million people every year, and kills up to 2 million. Read more

New TB Skin Tests Changes in Forsyth Co. Due to Nationwide shortages of Aplisol, Tubersol WFMY NEWS2 August 12th, 2019

The Forsyth County Health Department is changing requirements for who gets tested for tuberculin (TB) due to a nationwide shortage of Aplisol and Tubersol. Both Aplisol and Tubersol are used during TB skin tests to help diagnose latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (latent TB) infection and disease. Read more

Live-attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine MTBVAC versus BCG in adults and neonates: a randomised controlled, double-blind dose-escalation trial THE LANCET August 12th, 2019

Infants are a key target population for new tuberculosis vaccines. We assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the live-attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine candidate MTBVAC in adults and infants in a region where transmission of tuberculosis is very high. Read more

U.S. NGO gets UN green light for tuberculosis, hepatitis care work in North Korea NK NEWS August 12th, 2019

An American Christian aid organization which focuses on tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis treatment in North Korea is the latest NGO to be granted humanitarian sanctions exemptions by the UN, the website of the 1718 Sanctions Committee showed. Read more

Human Sciences Research Council to embark on joint TB-HIV pilot study

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INDEPENDENT ONLINE August 13th, 2019

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on Tuesday said it will be conducting a joint TB and HIV pilot study with its partners in KwaZulu-Natal between August 26 and September 20. HSRC spokesperson Adziliwi Nematandani said the purpose of the pilot study would be to determine the feasibility of conducting a larger joint Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (TB/HIV) survey. Read more

Nigeria: Drug Resistance Threatens Tuberculosis Management – Report

ALL AFRICA.COM August 13th, 2019

A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, has sounded the alarm about the threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Nigeria and other tuberculosis high burden countries even as it called for urgent

action on drug-resistant tuberculosis. Read more Related News: Drug resistance threatens Tuberculosis management — Report Vanguard | August 13th, 2019

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Indian Media: English

Indian scientists claim to have found 100% cure for tuberculosis THE TIMES OF INDIA August 1st , 2019

Infecting about nine million people worldwide every year, Tuberculosis is a deadly disease. Out of the nine million people infected from the disease, 32 per cent are from India. Many people don’t even realise that they have the infection as it remains dormant for years before becoming infectious. Read more

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital starts DOTS centre for free TB treatment, first private hospital to do so in Delhi HINDUSTAN TIMES August 7th, 2019

The first Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) centre to treat tuberculosis (TB) at no cost in a private hospital of Delhi was started at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SRGH) in Rajinder Nagar, on Wednesday. Under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme’s (RNTCP) DOTS strategy, people diagnosed with TB are given medicines under supervision for complete cure. Read more

Related News: DOTS clinic set up at Ganga Ram Hospital to provide free treatment for Tuberculosis Meidcal Dialogues | August 10th, 2019

Vaccine trial on cards for preventing TB THE HINDU August 15th, 2019

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation plans to diagnose and treat people with latent tuberculosis (TB) infections in an attempt to curb the spread of the disease in Mumbai. By the end of the year, pilots will be conducted in selected wards with a high occurrence of TB and poor living conditions. Read more

Related News: Mumbai: New TB vaccine trial to start soon The Indian Express | August 15th, 2019 Mumbai: BMC to make city tuberculosis free by 2025 Mid-Day.com | August 14th, 2019

New drug to treat deadliest TB approved by US regulator HINDUSTAN TIMES August 16th, 2019

The US drug regulator has approved a new tuberculosis (TB) drug for treating hard-to-treat drug-resistant TB that makes the treatment regimen shorter and simpler. Read more

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Related News: U.S. FDA approves TB Alliance’s treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis Yahoo News | August 14th, 2019 FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients ET Health World | August 15th, 2019 Cheer for Indian TB patients: US FDA approves pill CNBC TV 18 | August 15th, 2019 J&J's Tuberculosis Drug Gets FDA Nod for Adolescent Patients Yahoo Finance |August 12th, 2019

TB bacteria use carbon monoxide to survive in human tissue ANI NEWS August 3rd, 2019

Mycobacteria, a bacterial group that causes killer diseases such as Tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and Buruli ulcer depend on carbon monoxide to survive when other nutrients are not available, suggests a new study. Read more Related News: TB bacteria use carbon monoxide to survive in human tissue ET Healthworld | August 4th, 2019

1L TB testing kits okayed for better detection THE TIMES OF INDIA August 6th, 2019

State government has approved spending Rs6.25 crore in current financial year to ensure timely and proper test of tuberculosis (TB), especially in rural areas. As part of the revised national TB programme, the state government will outsource services to make available 1 lakh TrueNat testing kits across the state. Read more

PM’s Promise to Eradicate TB by 2025 Far-fetched? NEWS CLICK August 13th, 2019

According to the TB India Report 2018, there was a huge difference between the funds requested for Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme and the budget allocation and funds released by the Centre. Read more

Scientists figure out molecular mechanism behind latent TB SPECIALITY MEDICAL DIALOGUES August 4th, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) infection results in approximately nine million new cases worldwide every year. The TB-causing bacterium can remain dormant in the human body for a long time, even for several decades before it becomes infectious. The bacterium remains ensconced within a type of white blood cells called macrophages when it is in its latent form. Read more

TB causes lung damage, even after successful treatment: Lancet study

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LIVE MINT August 11th, 2019

Tuberculosis (TB) can cause permanent lung damage, even after successful treatment, a new study published in Lancet Global Health has revealed. Scientists from the Scotland-based University of Dundee, in partnership with the Respiratory Research Network of India, have reported results from a study of more than 2,000 Indian patients with evidence of permanent lung damage. Read more

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A test that helps pick the best drug to treat TB THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE August 9th, 2019

A test developed by MedGenome Labs, called SPIT SEQ, gives a detailed analysis of every single mutation present in the tuberculosis bacteria, causing drug resistance directly from the sputum. This break-through will enable doctors to quickly and accurately prescribe the most effective drug to a tuberculosis patient without any tests which usually take a month to process. Read more

Wokha aims to declare TB-free in two blocks by 2020 EASTERN MIRROR August 3rd, 2019

Encouraged by the decline in new cases of Tuberculosis (TB), Wokha district has set a target to declare TB-free in two blocks by 2020. This was disclosed during a meeting of the District TB Forum held on August 3 in the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Wokha. Read more

Woman with brain tumour treated for TB in Mumbai THE TIMES OF INDIA August 5th, 2019

Anjali (name changed), 23, was treated for tuberculosis and epilepsy by doctors in Mumbai three years ago. Last year, she had episodes of seizures and was taken to Sakra World Hospital in Bengaluru where she learnt that she apparently didn’t have TB and the anti-TB drug had, in fact, affected her health. Read more

National TB control programme begins THE TIMES OF INDIA August 6th, 2019

To end tuberculosis (TB) and make Chandiagrh a TB-free city, a special campaign was rolled out recently. Dr

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G Dewan, mission director, while speaking at ACSM workshop (Advocacy Communication Social Mobilization) at GMSH-16 here said, "It's time to generate awareness and end stigma attached with TB by using all the means of communication." Read more

One fourth of the world’s population at risk of developing tuberculosis, reveals study SPECIALITY MEDICAL DIALOGUES August 6th, 2019

Researchers at Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Denmark have found that probably 1 in 4 people in the world carry the tuberculosis bacterium in the body. The study has appeared in the European Respiratory Journal. Read more

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Six resident doctors of Pune’s BJMC infected with tuberculosis HINDUSTAN TIMES August 7th, 2019

Resident doctors, who are grappling with poor medical services in state-run medical colleges, have alleged that the most common infection seen among them, is tuberculosis. Six resident doctors from the city’s Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJMC) have tested positive for tuberculosis this year. Read more

Now, SPIT SEQ test for early diagnosis of drug-resistant TB THE HINDU August 9th, 2019

Soon, doctors may be able to quickly and accurately prescribe the most effective drug to a tuberculosis patient, using a Whole-Genome Sequencing-based test – SPIT SEQ (spit sequencing). This test, developed by MedGenome Labs — a clinical data driven genetic diagnostics and drug discovery research organisation — can provide a detailed analysis of every single mutation present in any TB bacteria causing drug resistance, directly from the sputum. Read more

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Indian Media: Hindi

टीबी से बचाव के लिए आईसीएमआर कर रहा है टीक ों का परीक्षण

PRABHA SAKSHI July 22nd, 2019

टीबी या क्षय रोग एक गंभीर संक्रामक बीमारी है जो मरीज के संपकक में आने से दूसरे लोगो ंमें भी फैल सकती है।

भारतीय आयुर्वकज्ञान अनुसंधान पररषद (आईसीएमआर) के शोधकताकओ ंने अब दो ऐसे टीको ंका परीक्षण शुरू र्कया

है जो टीबी से बचाव में मददगार हो सकते हैं। Read more

जयपुर होने वाली जाांच गांगापुर में, ववशेषज्ञ विर भी नही ां PATRIKA August 2nd, 2019

टीबी रोगियोों के बलिम का नमूना लेकर जाोंच को जयपुर भेजने का झोंझट भले ही खत्म हो िया हो, लेगकन उपचार

की उम्मीद अभी यहाों दम तोड़ती ही नजर आ रही है। सीबी नॉट मशीन आने से मरीजोों को जाोंच में काफी सहूगलयत

गमली है, लेगकन अस्पताल में टीबी एवों चेस्ट रोि गवशेषज्ञ नही ों होने के कारण टीबी के सोंगदग्ध मरीजोों का उपचार अभी

गफजीगशयन के ही भरोसे है। हालाोंगक मरीजोों को यहाों पयााप्त दवा गमल रही हैं, लेगकन गवशेषज्ञ के अभाव में मरीज

यहाों से नाता नही ों जोड़ पा रहे। Read more

दुवनया की एक-विहाई आबादी पर क्षयरोग का खिरा, आप भी कराएां हेल्थ

चेकअप NEWS STATE August 4th, 2019

दुगनया की एक-गतहाई आबादी पर तपेगदक (क्षय या टीबी) का खतरा मोंडरा रहा है. एक नए अध्ययन में यह जानकारी

सामने आई है. यह अध्ययन यूरोगपयन रेसगपरेटरी जनाल में प्रकागशत हुआ है, गजससे पता चलता है गक दुगनया के हर

चार में से एक व्यक्ति के शरीर में तपेगदक(Tuberculosis) का बैक्टीररया मौजूद है. क्षय रोि, माइक्रोबैक्टीररयम

टुबरकोलोगसस नामक बैक्टीररया से होता है, गजससे हर साल एक करोड़ लोि प्रभागवत होते हैं और लिभि 20 लाख

लोिोों की मौत हो जाती है. यह सबसे घातक सोंक्रामक रोि है. Read more

Related News: दुगनया की एक-गतहाई आबादी पर तपेगदक का खतरा : अध्ययन The Quint | August 4th, 2019

टीबी रोगी की पहचान कराने पर वमलेगी प्रोत्साहन रावश DAINIK BHASKAR August 3rd, 2019

केगमस्ट दुकानदार अथवा मेगडकल पै्रक्तक्टशनसा अपने आसपास के इलाकोों में टीवी रोि से सोंबोंगित आशोंगकत मरीज

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को तुरोंत सामुदागयक स्वास्थ्य कें द्र जाखल में लेकर आएों व उसकी जाोंच कराएों । टीवी रोि को जड़ से खत्म करने के

गलए स्वास्थ्य गवभाि की ओर से बडे़ स्तर पर अगभयान चलाया जा रहा है। Read more

पटना के 9 मोहल्ोां में टीबी का हमला LIVE HINDUSTAN August 4th, 2019

पटना में अचानक नौ मोहल्ोों में तेजी से क्षय रोि (टीबी) के मरीज बढ़ने लिे हैं। इसका खुलासा तब हुआ, जब एक

स्वयोंसेवी सोंस्था ने गबहार सरकार के साथ गमलकर शहर के मोहल्ोों का सवे गकया। इन मोहल्ोों के हर पाोंचवें घर में

एक टीबी का मरीज गमला। आोंकडे़ सामने आने पर स्वास्थ्य गवभाि में हड़कों प मच िया। Read more

ववद्यावथियो ां को दी टीबी रोग के लक्षण और बचाव की जानकारी DAINIK BHASKAR August 4th, 2019

सोंशोगित राष्ट्र ीय क्षय गनयोंत्रण कायाक्रम के तहत गजला क्षय रोि अगिकारी डॉ. सोंजय िहलोत के गनदेशानुसार गसरोही

ब्लॉक के राजकीय माध्यगमक गवद्यालय देलदर में हैल्थ िगतगवगियोों के तहत टीबी रोि की जानकारी दी िई। क्षय रोि

पयावेक्षक दीपक कुमार ने बताया की टीबी एक सोंक्रामक रोि है जो हवा के साथ फैलता है। टीबी की जाोंच एवों उपचार

सभी सरकारी स्वास्थ्य कें द्रोों में गनशुल्क उपलब्ध है। Read more

िीन महीने में टीबी से 36 मरीजो ां की मौि JAGRAN August 5th, 2019

एक तरफ टीबी गवभाि दावा करता है गक घर- घर टीबी के मरीज खोजकर उन्हें गनशुल्क इलाज देने के साथ ही पाोंच

सौ रुपये भी गदए जाते हैं, वही ों दूसरी तरफ रोि की चपेट में आने से मरने वालोों के बारे में गवभाि के पास जानकारी

ही नही ों है। गजले में 2018 में टीबी से 185 मरीजोों की मौत हो चुकी है। Read more

दुवनया की एक-चौथाई आबादी को है टीबी होने का खिरा THE QUINT August 5th, 2019

दुगनया की करीब एक-चौथाई आबादी पर तपेगदक यानी टीबी का खतरा मोंडरा रहा है. एक नई स्टडी में ये बात सामने

आई है.

ये स्टडी यूरोगपयन रेसगपरेटरी जनाल में प्रकागशत हुई है, गजससे पता चलता है गक दुगनया के हर 4 में से 1 व्यक्ति के

शरीर में टीबी का बैक्टीररया मौजूद है. Read more

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गजला क्षयरोि अगिकारी जैसलमेर के गनदेशानुसार गजले में राज्य सरकार द्वारा सोंचागलत क्षयरोि गनवारण से सोंबोंगित

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तक क्षयरोि गनवारण कायाक्रम का प्रचार-प्रसार करने के गलए गजले के गवगभन्न ग्रामीण अोंचलोों में नुक्कड़ नाटक और

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चार में से हर एक इांसान में टीबी का बैक्टीररया, दुवनया की एक विहाई

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गवश्व की एक-गतहाई आबादी पर तपेगदक यानी टीबी का खतरा मोंडरा रहा है। एक नए अध्ययन में शोिकतााओों ने यह

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व्यक्ति के शरीर में टीबी का बैक्टीररया मौजूद है। इसे क्षय रोि भी कहा जाता है। Read more

अब घर के पास ही वमलेगी टीबी जाांच की सुववधा UDAIPUR KIRAN August 7th, 2019

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जाएों िे. डीटीओ ने बताया गक इन कें द्रोों पर टीबी की जाोंच के गलए लैब टेक्नीगशयन को 10 गदन की टर े गनोंि दी जाएिी.

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लैब टेक्निशन वाले स्वास्थ्य कें द्ो ां पर इसी माह से बलगम जाांच की सुववधा NAVBHARAT TIMES August 8th, 2019

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