TB

Programme to tailor solutions to meet specific needs through direct engagement with affected communities, individuals

Extreme weather events are overwhelming health services, displacing communities and causing upsurges in infection

TB patients provided free of charge treatment and medicines

PTI lawmaker says Rs150 million has been released for the project

Express unwillingness to register themselves citing fear of being admitted in coronavirus wards

With around 9,000 persons diagnosed with TB in Balochistan

US reports highest number of fatalities, with over 273,000 deaths

Tuberculosis remains a menace in India, killing 421,000 in 2017 according to the World Health Organization

It is seen that people in Badin prefer to have many children

Experts urge multi-sectoral approach to curb the spread of the disease

The training of staff for operating this machine has also begun

Doctor urges locals to avoid home medication and quack doctors

Ambulance service started at Karor, Kotli Sattian

Pakistan ranked fourth in prevalence of drug-resistant TB

Stress on the need for community health workers to enhance their knowledge

Caretaker health minister launches TB control campaign

Pakistan, India, Indonesia, China, Philippines, Nigeria and South Africa accounted for 64% of total TB cases

Tuberculosis is as curable as it is preventable, provided both are exercised in their true sense

Notes that funds allocated for tuberculosis control given to private hospitals, NGOs and hospitals

Globally, government donor funding for HIV dropped in 2016 to the lowest level since 2010

Pakistan is completely dependent on foreign funding and foreign manufactured TB diagnostics

Pakistan chest society urges stakeholders to start awareness campaigns to control the spread of the disease

Around 200,000 people die in India every year from TB

Last year 10.4 million people were infected with TB, up from the estimate of 9.6 million a year earlier

Social media campaign brought Asma Khuwahar's case to notice

World TB Day will be commemorated on March 24.

India is the world's TB hotspot as it accounts for 23 per cent of global cases