Tuberculosis Current Affairs, GK & News
Union Cabinet: MoU signed between India and Israel in Health and Medicine approved
On November 4, 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and Israel in the field of Health and Medicine. Key Highlights The MoU covered the following To exchange and train medical doctors and other professionals To assist in setting up of health care facilities To exchange ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Artificial intelligence • centre of excellence • COVID-19 test • COVID-19 testing • India-Israel • Memorandum of understanding • Tuberculosis • Union Cabinet
Global Tuberculosis Report, 2020 of WHO
The World Health Organization recently released the Global Tuberculosis Report, 2020. The report says that COVID-19 could push Tuberculosis related deaths in the world to eight years back. In other words, it might increase the TB deaths by 0.2 to 0.4 million. Highlights India registered a decline in notification of Tuberculosis cases by 85% in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: global tuberculosos report 2020 • Tuberculosis • WHO
World Bank presents its report to Finance Commission of India
On July 8, 2020, the World Bank submitted its report on Health, Nutrition and Population to the Finance Commission of India. It is to be noted that the finance commission is consulting the World Bank to decide on the allocation of funds for the health sector. Highlights The Finance Commission for the first time in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Ayushman bharat • COVID-19 • Finance Commission • India and the World Bank • pradhan mantri jan arogya yojana • Tuberculosis • World Bank
WHO endorses ICMR’s TrueNat test
The World Health Organization has endorsed TRueNat test of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for initial diagnosis of Tuberculosis. The test has also been endorsed for detection of Rifampicin resistance in children and adults. About the test The WHO has now endorsed three of the rapid molecular test of ICMR that are used in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: ICMR • Mycobacterium • Mycobacterium tuberculosis • rifampicin • Truenat test • Tuberculosis • United Nations • World Health Organization
Gujarat, Tripura, and Nagaland Best Performing States in Annual TB Report 2020
With a focus on eliminating Tuberculosis(TB) from the country by 2025, in January 2020 the Government of India renamed the ‘National Tuberculosis Control Program’ to the ‘National Tuberculosis Elimination Program’. In a virtual event, the Annual TB Report 2020 was released on 24th June 2020. The Report was released by Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Union Health ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Dr Harsh Vardhan • Gujarat • Nagaland • National Tuberculosis Elimination Program • Tripura • Tuberculosis • Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare