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ICMR wins 2017 Kochon Prize for TB research
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was awarded 2017 Kochon Prize for building tradition of excellence in Tuberculosis (TB) research and development. It had emerged winner from...
TB-free India Campaign
The TB-free India Campaign is a national public health movement aimed at eliminating tuberculosis in India through strengthened detection, treatment, prevention, and community engagement strategies. As one of...
Government launches door-to-door campaign against TB
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched a door-to-door campaign for 15-days in the country for early diagnosis, detection and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) to...
Moscow declaration adopted for co-ordinated action on TB, end of HIV co-infection deaths
Health ministers, NGOs, and private sector representatives from 120 countries have adopted Moscow Declaration on the sidelines of the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference. The declaration calls for...
Tuberculosis in India
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most persistent and serious public health challenges in India. It is a communicable bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, primarily affecting the...
India tops list of new TB cases in 2016: WHO Report
According to the Global TB Report 2017 released by World Health Organisation (WHO), India has topped list of seven countries, accounting for 64% of the over 10 million...
Compassionate Access with reference to Tuberculosis
India is battling multidrug-resistant TB, with about 2.5% of all new TB cases in the country being resistant to Rifampicin, or to both Rifampicin and isoniazid – the...
March 24: World TB Day
The World Tuberculosis Day (WTD) is observed every year on March 24 to raise public awareness about the global epidemic of Tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the...
India signs WHO’s Call To End TB by 2030 in South East Asian region
India along with other countries in the South East Asian Region have signed World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Call To end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 in the region. It...
New BCG-based TB vaccine-VPM1002
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis infection can be of two kinds-latent and active. Latent tuberculosis is not contagious and do not...
March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
Every year March 24 is being observed as World Tuberculosis (TB) Day to o build public awareness about the global epidemic of TB and efforts to eliminate the...
