India is home to nearly one-fifth of the global burden of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis cases and this could ruin its national tuberculosis control programme, warns the latest annual tuberculosis

The increase in the drop out rate of tuberculosis patients during treatment and a rise in treatment failures is adding to India's multi-drug resistant TB cases.

Poor hygiene, addiction to tobacco, poverty and illiteracy are attributed to be some of the main reasons for the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among tribals in the Agency areas and the poor in urban

District collector Sailaja Ramaiyer has called upon doctors, Dot workers and NGOs to work collectively to check tuberculosis (TB) in the district.

The village of Palli about 10 km from Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai district was agog with activity after 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A tuberculosis research expert today said the world urgently needs a new drug for TB to provide relief to the ailing patients.

BANGKOK, Thailand: Rabbit fever, a disease that can be lethal if not treated early, has killed a woman in Thailand, marking the country's first reported case, a health official said Wednesday.

Government Epidemiologists yesterday warned the public who developed symptoms of Leptospirosis (Rat Fever) to immediately consult the MOH or the PHI in the area to get the prophylaxis (injection) as a

Disease remains a "stubborn threat' to public health, says report Responsible for almost 10 per cent of AIDS-related deaths India loses 100 million productive workdays every year because of TB

An integrated approach is needed to face the challenges of human and animal diseases, as climate change contributes to emergence of new infectious diseases, experts told a seminar yesterday. The British Council organised the seminar titled 'Infectious diseases: A vision for future detection, identification and monitoring' as part of a campaign for having a universal action plan to tackle veterinary infectious diseases. The seminar was also designed to raise the level of understanding of the policymakers, researchers and health experts about the issue. Dr Joe Brownlie of Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in London, attended the seminar as the keynote speaker. Dr Joe Brownlie highlighted the results of a recent UK foresight report on technological and policy priorities for meeting the future challenges of infectious diseases, which would affect humans, plants and animals. Director of British Council Dr June Rollinson and Vice Chancellor of Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Prof Nitish C Debnath also spoke on the occasion. Experts, teachers of veterinary science, microbiologists and pharmacists attended the seminar.