Latest TB Mukt Bharat News & Updates

Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) The stage is set to prepare a health profile of 46 lakh women in Telangana, as the government has decided to launch the programme by covering members of women’s self-help groups across the state.​ Health Minister Damodar Raja Narsimha on Wednesday directed the officials to launch this programme on March 8, International Women’s Day.​He reviewed the preparedness for various activities to be undertaken by the Health Department as part of ‘Praja Palana–Pragati Pran…

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Delhi’s Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL), Tuberculosis Centre, has achieved a major milestone with its first certification from the Central Tuberculosis Division (CTD), Government of India, to conduct Drug Susceptibility Testing (DST) for two drugs, an official said on Monday. Bedaquiline (BDQ) and Pretomanid (Pa), which will be tested, are two key drugs used globally for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), the official said.This certification …