The Meghalaya government has roped in traditional healers to intensify screening, detection and treatment of the dreaded ...

India's TB elimination efforts are boosted by low-cost solutions and innovations, aiming for 2025 targets. Screening in remote areas is key to progress.

India accounts for 30% of the global TB burden and 62% of multidrug-resistant cases. Despite a 17.7% reduction in incidence ...

India's struggle with TB has been hampered by late diagnosis, treatment non-adherence, and stigma. All these, though, are ...

In a village in Chhattisgarh, for example, the nearest TB diagnostic facility was over 20 kilometres away. I repeatedly heard ...

Gujarat has made remarkable progress in 2024 toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of eliminating tuberculosis in India ...

More than half the TB patients in India seek private medical care. The current system of treatment of TB is confined to ...

"These districts have surpassed 100 per cent screening coverage among vulnerable populations," said Dr A Rajesham, Joint ...

TB elimination campaign in Kerala mapped vulnerable individuals, screened for infection, and raised preventive examination rates.

Mumbai: Sewri TB Hospital, the largest dedicated tuberculosis (TB) hospital in the country, is seeking recognition as a ...

Gorakhpur: A high-level brainstorming session on tuberculosis eradication strategies and innovations was held in Gorakhpur on ...