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Free TB treatment plan a hit in Mumbai, ministry to replicate project in other cities

October 03, 2015 12:56 am

Of the newly notified cases from the private sector, 6,882 have already started their free TB treatment.

BMC ties up with private health services to reach out to TB patients

September 24, 2014 1:11 am

The sample collection of patients and transportation cost involved will be handled by the NGO and BMC.

Cancer cases on the rise: Ghulam Nabi Azad tells Rajya Sabha

February 19, 2014 2:11 pm

The minister informed the House that the number of HIV infected cases in the country has come down.

TB workers on strike get 30-pc hike in pay

September 17, 2013 1:49 am

A K Walia exhorted the striking contractual employees to resume their duties and go house to house to ensure patients continue to take their stipulated medicines.

Tracing dropout TB patients a challenge for civic body

October 08, 2012 2:31 am

The dropouts assume significance in the light of the fact that doctors stress the importance of continued medication.

Civic body to step up anti-TB drive

March 02, 2012 2:17 am

Starting next week,the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will focus on rigorous implementation of its anti-TB drive in the city.

TB officers in Nagpur for training

February 17, 2012 4:00 am

Over a month after the presence of the Extra Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis was reported in the city,the first phase of civic bodys anti-TB drive is now finally underway.

Dropout patients tough to trace,civic anti-TB drive hits roadblock

February 10, 2012 3:36 am

A few weeks into the initial phase of the anti-TB drive and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has already started facing its first set of hurdles.

Health officials say term TDR is misleading

January 19, 2012 4:37 am

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and state health officials said on Wednesday that the term Totally Drug-Resistant TB was misleading and inappropriate and should be replaced with Extra Extensively Drug-Resistant TB.