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Elimination of Tuberculosis

World Tuberculosis Day

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year on March 24 to raise awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and the efforts made to eliminate it. It...

March 24, 2024

Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends 2005-2021 Report

The report Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends, 2005–2021 was released recently by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership. About Treatment Action Group (TAG) The Treatment Action...

December 9, 2022

Global TB Report 2022

The World Health Organization released the Global TB Report 2022 on October 27 this year. What is Global TB Report? The Global TB report is released every year...

October 28, 2022

Health Ministry- Panchayat Ministry MoU to eliminate TB

Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) and Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the elimination of TB. About the MoU MoU...

July 13, 2022

India TB Report 2021- Highlights

India TB Report 2021 was published recently. According to it, India reported a 24% year-on-year fall in registration of tuberculosis cases in 2020. Key Findings Amid the covid-19...

March 25, 2021

Study: Impacts of COVID-19 lowered due to BCG Vaccination

Researchers of biomedical sciences of New York Institute of Technology say that the countries such as Netherlands, Italy and United States are more severely affected than countries with...

April 4, 2020

March 24: World Tuberculosis Day

Every year, March 24 is marked as the World Tuberculosis Day. The idea was proposed by International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD). The day is also...

March 23, 2020

Elimination of Tuberculosis from India

India accounts for about a quarter of the global TB burden. India has set the target to eliminate Tuberculosis in India by 2025. To evolve a strategy in...

February 6, 2019

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