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CDSCO lists 17 drugs you should 'flush down sink or toilet' on expiry and not throw in trash; here's why
July 11, 2025 8:10 pm
An expired drug refers to a drug which had crossed the expiry date mentioned on the label.
Delhi health dept sacks supervisor, ‘carelessness’ led to TB patient not getting essential drugs
December 21, 2024 3:55 am
According to an official from the health department, it came to the department's notice that "Harshita, a school-going girl in North District was deprived of essential TB medicines due to the carelessness of a DOTS Plus Supervisor".
Express report on Tuberculosis drug shortage: Delhi Health dept forms panel to look into supply gaps
December 20, 2024 6:53 pm
This comes after The Indian Express on December 17 reported on the non-availability of TB medicine to a 16-year-old patient named Harshita Singh Chandel.
'Poora saal waste ho jayega': Delhi teen struggles with drug-resistant TB as key medicines out of stock
December 17, 2024 12:08 pm
MDR TB is caused by germs that are resistant to two or more of the main tuberculosis drugs -- isoniazid and rifampin.
How viral hepatitis poses a challenge to India's public health, with second highest prevalence globally
April 15, 2024 11:59 am
Globally, an estimated 1.3 million people died of viral hepatitis in 2022 (as compared to 1.1 million in 2019), even as its incidence — number of new cases in a year — went down to 2.2 million in 2022 (as compared to 2.5 million in 2019).
Drug-resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients: Centre comes under fire after denying medicine crisis in Maharashtra
September 27, 2023 8:34 pm
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a statement dismissing media reports on the scarcity of essential drugs (Clofazimine, Linezolid, Cycloserine) as ‘vague and ill-informed.
Express View on Lancet TB study: Food for cure
August 10, 2023 8:18 am
Lancet study underlines need to improve nutrition of TB patients. Government must take note
An expert weighs in: The challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and how to confront it effectively
July 07, 2023 8:53 pm
AMR implies that a pathogen sensitive to a certain drug ceases to respond to that drug. It is one of the biggest challenges confronting Global Public Health.
Studies say costs double as TB patients with HIV or diabetes opt for private care
February 13, 2023 12:26 am
The two studies from semi-urban and rural settings of Gujarat published in October 2022 and January 2023 by community medicine experts show that for patients with TB and diabetes or TB and HIV, treatment expenses have nearly doubled than for those with just TB.
'Targeted genomic sequencing needed for rapid detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis'
September 21, 2022 8:16 am
UK microbiologist Prof Justin O'Grady was speaking at the the 26th Maharashtra Chapter conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists in Pune.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2021: All you need to know about the infectious disease
March 24, 2021 10:31 am
World TB Day 2021: The theme of World TB Day 2021 - 'The Clock is Ticking' – conveys the sense that the world is running out of time to act on the commitments to end TB made by global leaders
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