The self-test option for HIV
With the World Health Organisation releasing guidelines on HIV self-testing, a major obstacle in improving access to diagnosis has been
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Time India got serious about fighting TB
Pushed to a corner owing to lack of political will on the part of countries with a high burden of
Read MoreCan The Union think out of the box to hold the Lung Health conference in India?
“The Union World Conference on Lung Health is the largest annual meeting focusing on the issues as they relate to
Read MoreAbout 0.5 million TB patients approaching RNTCP centres are not treated
In 2013, India had about 2.7 million people with TB, which is 23 per cent of the global burden of
Read MoreA novel compound prevents, cures malaria
In a pathbreaking discovery, scientists from New Delhi’s International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Broad Institute of MIT and
Read MoreEditorial: Sri Lanka conquers malaria and how
In a huge public health achievement by a small island nation ravaged by prolonged civil war, Sri Lanka became a malaria-free
Read MoreIndian researchers unlock preterm birth mystery
Indian researchers have made a major discovery by understanding the role of bacteria in causing premature births (between 28 and 32
Read MoreIndian researchers enhance BCG vaccine efficacy using anti-leprosy drug
Indian researchers have been able to bring about more than 50-fold improvement in the efficacy of the commonly used TB
Read MorePharmacies in India may not be causing TB drug-resistance
If an earlier study revealed the tendency of private practitioners to liberally use antibiotics to treat tuberculosis leading to a
Read MoreIndian private sector bears 2-3 times higher TB burden than estimated
A study has found that in 2014 there were 2.2 million TB patients treated in India’s private sector alone. This
Read MoreTB: DOTS therapy offered by RNTCP should be more flexible
If there is already a long delay before TB patients in India start treatment, the Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS)
Read MoreIISc researchers find endosulfan causes DNA damage in animals
For the first time, researchers in India have found that mice and rats exposed to endosulphan suffer from DNA damage
Read MoreIndia’s avoidable rabies burden
Rabies kills nearly 20,000 people in India every year, accounting for a third of global deaths caused due to the
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