-The Hindu Business Line Agreement between Viatris, MedAccess and TBA to slash cost by 34 per cent on pretomanid A new agreement among drugmaker Viatris, MedAccess, and TB Alliance looks to reduce the price of pretomanid, a drug used to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, by 34 per cent. The agreement will help expand access to this critical new treatment in more than 140 countries, including those with the highest TB burden, said a joint...
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Is India on track in reducing TB incidence and deaths?
Like the fight against poverty and hunger, the progress made by mankind against tuberculosis (TB) in the years up to 2019 has either slowed, stalled, or reversed, and global TB targets are off track due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, although the reported number of people newly diagnosed with TB decreased from 7.1 million to 5.8 million between 2019 and 2020, the number went up to 6.4 million in 2021....
More »Centre to launch new anti-TB programme focused on nutrition
-The New Indian Express One of the main thrust areas of the programme will involve encouraging adopting TB patients so that their nutritional needs are met. NEW DELHI: Even as tuberculosis, one of the biggest killers, saw a 19 percent increase in 2021, the Centre has now planned to launch a new programme -- Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA) -- that will encourage financial contributions from not only non-governmental organisations...
More »India reports sharp rise in tuberculosis last year as cases up 19% -Sumi Sukanya Dutta
-Moneycontrol.com During the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant reduction was observed in the total number of drug resistant TB patients started on treatment as compared to 2019. In 2020 and 2021, there was also a reduction of 14 and 9 percent respectively in the number multiple drug resistant TB patients put on treatment India recorded a total of 19,33,381 new and relapsed tuberculosis patients in 2021 marking a rise of 19 percent over...
More »Cash rewards for good TB doctors -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Indian government is mulling monetary incentives to private doctors who provide correct treatment to patients with tuberculosis and financial and nutritional support to patients under new strategies to eliminate TB as a public health problem by 2025. The Union health ministry's "national strategic plan for tuberculosis elimination 2017-2025" also seeks to enhance investments in diagnostic tools and treatment to help cut the country's new TB cases from...
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