Qure.ai, PATH India collaborate to implement TB and Covid Screening solutions in Maharashtra – ET HealthWorld

Qure.ai, PATH India collaborate to implement TB and Covid Screening solutions in Maharashtra – ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Qure.ai-artificial intelligence (AI) firm is partnering with PATH India to launch a project to overhaul tuberculosis (TB) and COVID-19 screening in Maharashtra, India. This collaboration, funded by Unitaid, focuses on the deployment of AI powered qXR software. This software significantly enhances the capability to assess chest X-rays,which will enhance the ability to analyze chest … Read more

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: History, theme, and significance

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: History, theme, and significance

World Health Organization reports suggest 10.4 million individuals suffered from tuberculosis and 1.7 million people died in 2016. World Tuberculosis Day: A serious lung infection, tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium that spreads through tiny droplets in the air, released during coughs or sneezes. While Johann Schonlein coined the term tuberculosis in 1834, the infection … Read more

AMR is a threat to global development: Urgent multi-sectoral actions needed

AMR

The adverse repercussions of AMR are already being felt on the global and national realization of TB eradication. By Dr. Shibu Vijayan Alexander Fleming’s chance discovery of the first antibiotic – penicillin has shaped human history. It ushered in better health outcomes that subsequently enabled development. However, like many times in our human history, we … Read more

Chief Medical Officer Was Silenced in Canada’s Residential Schools

Content warning : This story deals with the neglect and abuse suffered by children at Canada’s Indian residential schools. People affected by the schools can call the Canadian Residential School Crisis Line at 1-866-925-4419 for support. Sept. 30, 2021 — The discovery in recent months of more than 1,300 unmarked graves … Read more