Tuberculosis
WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3,500 lives every day
Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The World Health Organisation on April 9 flagged that the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing with the disease being the second leading infectious cause of death globally— with 1.3 million deaths per year— the same as tuberculosis. The WHO 2024 … Read more
AI use in Mozambique jails spawns new hope in TB fight – ET HealthWorld
Maputo: A programme using artificial intelligence to test inmates in a high security Mozambican jail for tuberculosis has spawned hope that the new tech can help eradicate the disease. Teeming prisons are a hotbed of TB, the world’s second deadliest communicable disease after COVID, according to the World Health Organisation. Mozambique, a country of 32 … Read more
Trial done in India shows nutrition support prevents TB, related deaths
The study documented high levels of severe and extremely severe undernutrition in patients at diagnosis. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A large trial undertaken in India has underscored the role of nutritional supplementation in sharply cutting down tuberculosis (TB) disease rate in the household contacts of an index patient, and mortality reduction in people diagnosed … Read more
Can AI-backed tuberculosis software help detect lung cancer too? – ET HealthWorld
Mumbai: In 2022, BMC health officials found that an artificial intelligence-backed software detected tuberculosis in some people months before the disease’s tell-tale symptoms such as coughing emerged. Now, Qure.ai, a city-based startup that fitted the AI software in nine BMC hospitals and a mobile van wants to update the programme to detect lung cancer as … Read more
Punjab to use AI tools for treatment of TB, project to start in 10 dists – ET HealthWorld
Chandigarh: Eyeing to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB), Punjab is all set to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools for timely diagnosis and treatment of the disease in government healthcare facilities. The health department will be leveraging the technology for analysing chest X-ray images and generating reports, aiding doctors in early diagnosis and initiating treatment. … Read more
India ready to lead from front in fight against tuberculosis: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak during the One World TB Summit on World Tuberculosis Day, in Varanasi, on March 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on March 25 said India … Read more
Mumbai: Now, AI detects tuberculosis in asymptomatic patients – ET HealthWorld
Mumbai: Artificial intelligence has boosted the detection of tuberculosis in the city in the last two years even among those with no outward symptoms of the deadly disease, according to civic doctors. BMC executive health officer Dr Mangala Gomare told TOI, “Around 35 per cent of our confirmed TB cases were incidentally detected, that is … Read more
Ni-kshay Setu: Mobile application comes in handy for healthcare workers as India chases target to reduce tuberculosis burden by 2025, Health News, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: A mobile application is helping bridge the gap in knowledge regarding tuberculosis for thousands of healthcare workers as the Central government strives to achieve its ambitious target to reduce the TB burden by 2025. After its initial launch in January 2022, the “Ni-kshay Setu” app has helped over 17,000 frontline healthcare workers and … Read more
Need for new vaccine for TB, says former WHO chief scientist
Ma. Subramanian, State Minister for Health, unveiling the new logo of REACH during the 25th anniversary celebrations of the NGO held in Chennai on Friday. Looking on are (from left) Ramya Ananthakrishnan, director, REACH, Nalini Krishnan, executive secretary & co-founder, REACH, Soumya Swaminathan, former chief scientist, WHO, Sivamurugan, REACH executive committee, and N. Ram, Director, … Read more