India is resolved to eliminating five diseases in the coming five years that include leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, measles, rubella and kala-azar, Dr V.K. Paul, Member, NITI Aayog, said on Tuesday.

ICMR highlighted the need for affordable and scalable innovations in active case finding among asymptomatic individuals ...

Highlighting India's achievements in tuberculosis control, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare revealed that while cases have increased, incidence and mortality rates have fallen ...

The National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) was able to notify 25.5 lakh and 26.07 lakh tuberculosis cases in 2023 and 2024 respectively — the highest ever — and is steadily progressing towards the ...

Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel highlighted India’s progress in tuberculosis elimination, with record case notifications and new technological advancements. Strategies include new ...

I think what I've really wanted to do since I was a teenager was work on HIV and TB, and conditions that affected people who ...

March 18 is World Tuberculosis Day. Let’s do a quick overview of TB, and discuss the different types of TB, risk factors, ...

Actually getting treatment is key: The World Health Organization (WHO) says that for two-thirds of TB patients who don't get ...

If generic medicines are not available, treatment will become difficult for low and middle income patients, especially in ...

In 2023, after a brief hiatus, tuberculosis regained from COVID its status as the world’s deadliest infectious disease—a ...

There is a pervasive sense of fear — of losing access to critical health care services and of livelihoods lost,” CFK Africa ...

The infection spreads to the brain or spinal column.” Others “suffer a sudden, uncontrollable hemorrhage, leading to a quick ...