As many as 116 patients have been found suffering from tuberculosis (TB) in the district in this fiscal year, said Krishna Prasad Subedi, TB Inspector at the District Public Health Office.

One in every three tuberculosis cases in the world goes undetected despite the advances made in medical science, according to data from World Health Organization.

Govt must declare ‘ Zero Tolerance for TB’

Tuberculosis ( TB) is absolutely a curable disease but still about 2.5 lakh people die to the disease every year in our country. It is a highly contagious and every single patient generates 10- 15 more patients of the disease per year,” TB specialist Dr Salil Bhargava said.

This study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) published in latest edition of the journal Lancet reveals that despite improved medication and government as well as aid agencies’ efforts, the number of children suffering from tuberculosis (TB) annually has doubled since 2011.

67 cases of multi-drug resistant cases of TB in Ernakulam alone

Even as the World Health Organisation’s call is to find the missing 3 million tuberculosis patients who are not getting treated and cured, one of the major concerns of TB treatment remains increasing drug resistance cases.

At 5.6%, State’s Prevalence Rate On Borderline

Pune: Cases of paediatric tuberculosis (TB) have gone down in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad but the number has risen in rural parts of the district. Of the 7,275 cases registered in the state in 2013, about 400 were found in Pune district. While the city reported 201 cases in 2012, the number dropped to 147 a year later.

Around 9,000 new tuberculosis (TB) patients are detected annually in Sri Lanka.

One-third of approximately three million people, who are diagnosed with tuberculosis every year in South-East Asia, cannot pay for their medical treatment, according to the World Health Organisatio

About 1000 tuberculosis ( TB) patients are dying every day in our country and we are also generating 5000 patients daily,” District nodal officer Dr Vijay Chhajlani said here on Tuesday.