Bobby Ramakant
Bobby Ramakant is a CNS Policy Adviser who writes extensively on health and development in countries throughout the world.
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| Effective Public Health Policies Vital to Control Ashma | |
| There is no doubt that much more needs to be done to effectively control asthma at all levels. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that affects 235 million people worldwide. | |
| 11:33 May 18, 2013 PST | |
| India's Women Heroes of The Slums in Focus | |
| Pratima refused to finalize the marriage of her son till her husband agreed to construct a toilet in their house located in a Kanpur slum. She did not want her daughter-in-law to suffer the same fate of open defecation as she did. | |
| 12:53 May 17, 2013 PST | |
| Keeping Asthma Under Control to Live Life Normally | |
| Every person with asthma can be a heroine or hero if asthma is kept under control. With at least 84 Olympic Gold medalists having asthma, it is clear that people with asthma can surely exercise provided asthma is kept under control. | |
| 15:22 May 8, 2013 PST | |
| How to Prevent Future Asthma Attacks | |
| Globally, asthma is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality. Cases have increased in the past 20 years especially in children. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases with over 200 million suffering from it worldwide. If urgent | |
| 10:51 May 7, 2013 PST | |
| Access to Quality-Assured Medicines Key to Treat Asthma | |
| Asthma causes disabling symptoms in millions of people who struggle to breathe, making ordinary activities extraordinarily difficulty - things like going to school, working at a job, looking after children or aging parents, running or even walking. | |
| 13:30 May 6, 2013 PST | |
| No More Business as Usual: Call to Manage Asthma Well | |
| World Asthma Day, 7th May. Despite evidence that asthma can be effectively managed, not only asthma-related health literacy is very low in most settings but also quality- | |
| 08:23 May 6, 2013 PST | |
| New Diagnostic Tests for Multidrug-Resistant TB Revealed! | |
| The Xpert MTB/RIF test is a cartridge-based fully automated NAAT (nucleic acid amplification test) for TB case detection and rifampicin (RIF) resistance testing, suitable for use in disease-endemic countries. | |
| 13:45 Apr 12, 2013 PST | |
| Fight Against Drug-Resistant TB Has Come a Long Way in Viet Nam | |
| According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Viet Nam ranks 12th among 22 high burden tuberculosis (TB) countries, and 14th among 27 high burden multidrug-resistant | |
| 19:14 Apr 11, 2013 PST | |
| Unmet Need of Contraception on The Rise in India | |
| Millions of women (and men) are still unable to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and prevent unintended pregnancies. | |
| 07:41 Apr 10, 2013 PST | |
| Contraceptive Device 'Cycle Beads' Prevents Unintended Pregnancies | |
| The main idea behind promoting this new method of family planning is that all couples must have access to quality reproductive health and family planning services, irrespective of their social and economic status. | |
| 07:10 Apr 8, 2013 PST | |
| National Free Access to Cochrane Library in India: Freedom May End At Midnight | |
| Unless the national license is renewed, before the two-month extension granted by the publishers also expires, people in India will have free access to The Cochrane Library only till midnight on March 31, 2013. | |
| 22:53 Mar 30, 2013 PST | |
| Indian Heart Specialists Win American College of Cardiologists Award | |
| The Cardiology Department of King George's Medical University (KGMU) in India added yet another feather to its cap with two of its faculty members being awarded in the same year with the prestigious fellowship of American College of Cardiologists. | |
| 13:29 Mar 25, 2013 PST | |
| How to Prevent and Control TB in Children | |
| 'I will not take all these medicines for two years... they are very strong medicines. I won't be able to go to school' said 12 year old Abu (name changed) as the doctor explained to him that his sputum was still positive after six months | |
| 09:09 Mar 25, 2013 PST | |
| TB Survivor Tells Inspiring Story of Hope and Will Power | |
| This is the story of Munnawar Khan Pathan, a 49 years auto rickshaw driver of Ahmedabad who has successfully battled multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) through his will power and the loving efforts of his doctor | |
| 07:01 Mar 25, 2013 PST | |
| Swelling Waters of River Sharda Engulf Villages in Sitapur District | |
| About thousand villagers in Reusa Block, Sitapur, staged a Jal Satyagrah by getting down into the waters of river Sharda and standing there all day long on 25-26 February 2013. | |
| 07:05 Feb 26, 2013 PST | |
| Von Hippel-Lindau Victim Calls for Help | |
| This is a personal testimony of a brave woman who is surviving VHL syndrome and complications such as recurrent tumours. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is another health challenge she is currently facing | |
| 16:16 Feb 16, 2013 PST | |
| Rising of a Billion Voices for Justice | |
| It was a Valentine's Day celebration with a difference. On 14th February, 2013, a vibrant crowd of Lucknowites marched from Begum Hazrat Mahal Park to Hazratganj- the heart of the city-as a part of 'Odhani ka Parcham', a campaign to condemn viole | |
| 07:46 Feb 16, 2013 PST | |
| Social Activist Arundhati Dhuru Slams New Anti-Rape Ordinance | |
| Arundhati is also the UP State Advisor to Right To Food Commissioners appointed by Supreme Court, and has been a long-time social activist with Narmada Bachao Andolan and National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM). | |
| 11:05 Feb 5, 2013 PST | |
| Results of TB Vaccine Study: Longer Road Ahead | |
| While BCG can prevent severe forms of TB in some children, its widespread use in infants has failed to control the global epidemic. | |
| 13:08 Feb 4, 2013 PST | |
| Thrust on Research to Protect MSM and Transgender People From HIV | |
| HIV rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender community are alarming. Unless we have safe and effective HIV prevention methods for men, women and transgender people who practice anal sex, it will be difficult to stem the epidemic. | |
| 19:30 Jan 20, 2013 PST | |
| Tougher Laws Vital to End Sexual Assault Against Women | |
| Civil society groups and citizens have submitted a comprehensive list of recommendations today (2nd January 2013) to government-appointed committee that is currently seeking input on how to reform laws against sexual assault. | |
| 07:56 Jan 2, 2013 PST | |
| Declining Sex Ratio for Indian State of Uttar Pradesh Draws Concern | |
| A consultation, to draft a policy to correct the trend of declining sex ratio for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was organized by ActionAid and Saajhi Duniya. UP has a dismal sex ratio of 908 and a child sex ratio of 899, which is even worse than | |
| 12:21 Dec 24, 2012 PST | |
| Delhi Gang Rape Case Draws Condemnation | |
| Even as the Delhi gang rape victim-a 23-year-old paramedical student-who was gang raped, tortured and thrown out from inside a moving bus on the night of 18th December, 2012-- lies in a critical condition on a ventilator support system | |
| 08:20 Dec 22, 2012 PST | |
| TB Alliance to Develop Pediatric TB Drugs With Support From UNITAID | |
| Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading killer of children, particularly in resource-poor settings, though the true size of the problem is unknown. Estimates of the number of children who contract TB annually range from 300,000 up to 1 million; | |
| 14:56 Dec 21, 2012 PST | |
| Down With Formula Milk And Tobacco For A Healthy World! | |
| The first one is The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (The Code), which is an international public health recommendation to regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes. | |
| 19:49 Dec 19, 2012 PST | |
| Union Model Leads to Successful TB-HIV Collaborative Care | |
| Over the past nine years, The Union and its partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Benin and Zimbabwe have worked with 59 primary health care (PHC) clinics to conduct action research on how to provide joint TB and HIV services | |
| 12:18 Dec 19, 2012 PST | |
| Is Bloated Gujarat's Economic Performance a Myth? | |
| A lot has been bloated about Gujarat's outstanding economic performance during Narendra Modi's Chief Minister-ship. Many educated people believe in it too. | |
| 13:27 Dec 8, 2012 PST | |
| Uganda: Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections | |
| Kakaire Ayub Kirunda writes... ''Getting to zero: Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS related deaths,' is the theme for World AIDS Days between 2011 and 2015, in line with a new global vision being spearheaded by UNAIDS. | |
| 12:36 Dec 8, 2012 PST | |
| Operational Strategy to Stop TB Despite Tight Purse Strings | |
| The objective of this strategy is to serve as a roadmap for how the Partnership Secretariat, based on its comparative advantages and available financial and human resources, serves the Partnership and contributes to the Global Plan to Stop TB. | |
| 14:02 Dec 6, 2012 PST | |
| The World Doing Better in Responding to HIV Than TB? | |
| While there is a major success story in making HIV treatment accessible to those in need of it, TB continues to be a leading cause of death in PLHIV, who are at 5 times higher risk of getting TB than those who are HIV negative. | |
| 09:59 Dec 6, 2012 PST | |
| Has Childhood TB Come Of Age? | |
| Close to the heels of the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2012 releasing some data on childhood tuberculosis for the first time, one plenary at the recently concluded 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health in Kuala Lumpur was dedicated to 'Child | |
| 19:46 Nov 28, 2012 PST | |
| Is There Hope For MDR-TB Patients? | |
| Every morning Aran's (name changed) father drives him from his home, to the government TB hospital in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, (which takes one hour to reach) for his multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) oral medication. Then in the ev | |
| 10:28 Nov 28, 2012 PST | |
| Countries Adopt Illicit Trade Protocol of Global Tobacco Treaty | |
| Today government delegates from across the world adopted the illicit trade protocol of the global tobacco treaty - the world's first public health and corporate accountability treaty - but not without a fight from Big Tobacco. | |
| 10:52 Nov 12, 2012 PST | |
| Uganda to Vaccinate 3 Million Children Against Pneumonia | |
| World Pneumonia Day, 12th November Lung Week: 12-17 November | |
| 07:20 Nov 12, 2012 PST | |
| Uttar Pradesh Waits for The Realization of Integrated Child Protection Scheme | |
| The Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a much awaited initiative in Uttar Pradesh. And Rightly so with hopes of both, the government agencies as well as the private NGOs and activists pinned on the scheme for a better, | |
| 04:51 Sep 28, 2012 PST | |
| ASEAN Delegates Call for Support for Zero New HIV Infections | |
| Young women, female sex workers, transgender women, women who use drugs and women living with HIV have called on ASEAN to support women and girls living with and affected by HIV. | |
| 13:59 Sep 27, 2012 PST | |
| Treatment for Charcot Foot in Diabetes Revealed | |
| Charcot neuropathic osteo-arthropathy, commonly referred to as the Charcot Foot, is a condition affecting the bones, joints, and soft tissues of the foot and ankle. | |
| 07:54 Sep 27, 2012 PST | |
| How to Avoid Diabetic Foot Problems | |
| ADiabetes is on the rise and unless massive and coordinated prevention programmes for all life style diseases, are undertaken by the government at the national level, the epidemic of diabetes will crush us. | |
| 05:07 Sep 26, 2012 PST | |
| Comprehensive and Integrated Action a Must to Control Heart Disease | |
| Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the world's largest killers, claiming 17.3 million (1 crore 73 lakhs) lives a year. Risk factors for heart disease and stroke include raised blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels, smoking, inadequate inta | |
| 14:23 Sep 23, 2012 PST | |
| UncircumcIsed Men At High Risk of HIV Compared to CircumcIsed Men | |
| There are over 40 observational studies among heterosexual men, which show that circumcised men have about a 60% reduced risk of HIV compared to uncircumcised men. | |
| 07:28 Sep 15, 2012 PST | |
| An HIV Vaccine Will Never Work in Isolation | |
| In the event that control and elimination of HIV is realised in the next few years, maintaining this success is going to be hard without a vaccine. | |
| 14:38 Sep 14, 2012 PST | |
| Safe and Effective Vaccine Critical to Control of HIV Globally | |
| HIV is said to have killed more than 30 million people across the globe since it was discovered in 1983 by Dr Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. | |
| 08:49 Sep 13, 2012 PST | |
| Vaginal Microbicide Critically Important for HIV Protection | |
| Microbicide refers to a new type of product being developed that people could use vaginally or rectally to protect themselves from HIV and possibly other sexually transmitted infections. | |
| 19:15 Sep 12, 2012 PST | |
| Footwear and Orthotics Play Important Role in Diabetic Foot Care | |
| India is home to the second highest number of people living with diabetes in the world, after China. Today there are over 45 million people grappling with the disease, and the numbers show no signs of reducing. | |
| 14:33 Sep 12, 2012 PST | |
| World Celebrates First Ever Global Female Condom Day | |
| Female condoms usage assumes greater relevance today when we are aiming to tame the HIV virus by using combination prevention therapies. | |
| 12:38 Sep 12, 2012 PST | |
| Can Intensive Treatment and Prevention Turn The HIV Tide? | |
| What Dr Fauci advocates is to do combination prevention as well as possible without delay. He added, each of the components of combination prevention, 'has to do something with bio-medical prevention and behaviour.' | |
| 16:12 Sep 11, 2012 PST | |
| Scientists Gather in Boston for 'AIDS Vaccine 2012' Forum | |
| Scientists from around the world will gather in Boston next week to present more than 400 new research studies updating global progress in the search for a safe and effective HIV vaccine. AIDS Vaccine 2012, | |
| 14:25 Sep 8, 2012 PST | |
| Health Risks of Wood-Fired Cooking Revealed | |
| Rudimentary wood-fired cook stoves and open fires emit fine particles, carbon monoxide, and other pollutants at levels up to 100 times higher than the recommended limits set by the World Health Organization (WHO). | |
| 12:16 Sep 7, 2012 PST | |
| Multiple Prevention Technologies Prevent HIV Transmission | |
| 'We have to address the needs, challenges and opportunities for development of multiple prevention technologies (MPTs) that would provide simultaneous protection against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) | |
| 16:27 Aug 23, 2012 PST | |
| Is Anal Health Just a Gay Issue? | |
| Women face the brunt of health problems, be it communicable or non-communicable diseases. Anal sex happens everywhere. Even young people who are learning about sex might want to know how it feels. | |
| 07:17 Aug 14, 2012 PST | |
| Are Rectal Microbicides Safe and Effective for STI/HIV Prevention? | |
| At the recently concluded XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), not only the decibels went up on ending AIDS but also sane voices were heard demanding a well-costed and thought-through strategy on how to end AIDS. | |
| 06:54 Aug 13, 2012 PST | |
| Community Engagement is Key as Rectal Microbicides Research Progresses Ahead | |
| The need to engage affected communities as research moves ahead, and engage them with dignity as equal partners is the key to ensure that finally we develop products that are efficient and also when they become available, are actually used by popula | |
| 15:13 Aug 12, 2012 PST | |
| Breastfeeding Vital to Ensure a Child's Health and Survival | |
| Exclusive breast feeding implies that the child should be only, and only, on mother's milk from first hour of birth up to a minimum of six months, without any other supplement like water, honey, gripe water or any top feed. | |
| 06:40 Aug 7, 2012 PST | |
| '...And Lubes' in spotlight at AIDS 2012 | |
| Most men, women and transgender people who practice anal sex use some kind of a lubricant (lube) ranging from expensive and commercially marketed branded lubes to saliva or oil. According to the United Nations joint programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), | |
| 20:25 Jul 23, 2012 PST | |
| Are There Substantive Benefits of School Programmes for Deworming? | |
| Latest research, published on 11 July 2012, on the effect of deworming drugs on nutrition and school performance in children, commands our attention. | |
| 20:30 Jul 21, 2012 PST | |
| Rectal Microbicide Reduces a Person's Risk of HIV | |
| According to the Microbicides Trials Network (MTN), HIV continues to disproportionately affect racial minorities and men who have sex with men (MSM). | |
| 09:53 Jul 6, 2012 PST | |
| Integrating TB and HIV Care | |
| Despite the fact that tuberculosis (TB) is curable and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is treatable, 350,000 people co-infected with the two diseases died in 2010, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). | |
| 19:10 Jul 4, 2012 PST | |
| Safe and Non-toxic Microbicides Prevent HIV | |
| Vaginal and anal sex continue to put millions of people at risk those who are unable to use or negotiate the use of existing HIV prevention options. | |
| 06:44 Jun 30, 2012 PST | |
| Are Uncircumcised Men At High Risk of HIV? | |
| Voluntary medical male circumcision protects against HIV. 'There are over 40 observational studies among heterosexual men, which show that circumcised men have about a 60% reduced risk of HIV compared to uncircumcised men. | |
| 18:09 Jun 27, 2012 PST | |
| Caring Treatment for HIV Patients Beats All Odds | |
| Shanti is a 38 year old semi-literate woman of slender means living in Mumbai. She has been living with HIV since the last 5 years and had developed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). | |
| 08:06 Apr 6, 2012 PST | |
| The World in Desperate Need for Effective TB Vaccine | |
| Some 10 million children have been orphaned by the death of a parent from tuberculosis (TB). That number is shocking, but it does not begin to account for the children who must quit school to care for sick parents, | |
| 07:18 Mar 22, 2012 PST | |
| TB in Children: Why Zimbabwe Must Act Now | |
| Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Zimbabwe yet very little is known about the impact of the disease on children. Without a functional healthcare system and research into pediatric TB | |
| 14:59 Mar 21, 2012 PST | |
| TB Remains Among The Top Ten Killers of Children Worldwide | |
| Tuberculosis (TB) among children is rarely discussed. Because children, more often than not cannot speak for themselves, not much about how they're affected by the disease ever hits the headlines. | |
| 07:41 Mar 19, 2012 PST | |
| Women's Vulnerability to TB on The Rise in Africa | |
| Today is March 8, and across the world the International Women's Day is being commemorated. Coincidentally, March is the global tuberculosis (TB) awareness month. | |
| 09:23 Mar 9, 2012 PST | |
| Polio Eradication: A Lesson For TB Control | |
| TB is killing one child every 5 minutes! We do not see them affected but their ashes swirl all around us. How long will we use the usual argument that TB is different and continue to turn a blind eye. | |
| 14:16 Feb 29, 2012 PST | |
| New Project Advances Efforts For Effective HIV/AIDS Responses in India | |
| A regional consultation, organized jointly by South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW), UNAIDS Technical Support Facility for South Asia (TSF-SA) and Maitri, was held recently in New Delhi. | |
| 08:40 Feb 25, 2012 PST | |
| 'Real' Steps to Achieve 'Zero' Children Dying From TB in 2015 | |
| I like to start by sharing a real story which I experienced in one of my visits in the field last year. I'm sure many of you working in the field have similar stories to tell. | |
| 07:20 Feb 23, 2012 PST | |
| Patients' Charter for TB Care, and childhood TB | |
| Will improving efficiency and efficacy of TB control programmes within the healthcare facilities help the world meet the 2015 TB-related targets set by the Millennium Development Goals, the Global Plan to Stop TB, and the country programmes, or do w | |
| 17:01 Feb 22, 2012 PST | |
| Biggest Threat to Citizens Lurks Within Our Borders | |
| Citizens have to seriously ponder of the utility (or futility) of investing significant amounts of limited public money India has in nuclear weapons and other arms and ammunition. | |
| 11:16 Jan 16, 2012 PST | |
| Citizens Fight for 'Zero Tolerance for Corruption' | |
| The time for change is now. Citizens hope that this campaign led by Anna Hazare will cleanse a system. Citizens have clearly voted and come out as strongly as they could to have a better tomorrow without corruption at any level. | |
| 06:42 Apr 10, 2011 PST | |
| Global Mandate to Save 36M Lives From Non-Communicable Diseases | |
| According to The Lancet, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), mainly heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory disease, are responsible for two out of every three deaths worldwide and the toll is rising. | |
| 17:21 Apr 7, 2011 PST | |
| Happiness is Mandatory to Preserve Good Health | |
| Since times immemorial, the human race has sought health, happiness and wealth -not necessarily in that order. Wars have been fought and lives have been lost due to the overwhelming desire of possessing them. | |
| 12:26 Apr 7, 2011 PST | |
| The Union: Coordinated Approach Crucial for Anti-TB Drug Resistance | |
| Some 440,000 cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are identified each year, causing at least 150,000 deaths from a disease that should be curable. | |
| 05:18 Apr 7, 2011 PST | |
| 40,000 Legs are Amputated Yearly as Consequence of Diabetes in India | |
| Amrita Diabetic Foot Conference (ADFC 2011) will open soon next month in Kochi, India. 'Over one million lower extremity amputations are performed each year, 70% of which happen to people with diabetes. In India, almost 40,000 legs are amputated ev | |
| 17:47 Apr 5, 2011 PST | |
| 100 Year Old Grandmother Gives Hope for Children in Rai Bareilly | |
| But his condition would have been even worse had it not been for his 100 year old grandmother Brijrani, who made up her mind that education was the only way Akash and children within the village would make a place for themselves in their community a | |
| 16:18 Apr 5, 2011 PST | |
| India Needs 'Jan Lokpal Bill' to Stem Corruption | |
| From 5th April 2011, noted social activist and Padmabhushan and Padmashree awardee Anna Hazare has begun his fast-unto-death in New Delhi to put pressure on the Government of India to root out corruption. Not only in Delhi, but in more than 200 citi | |
| 09:28 Apr 5, 2011 PST | |
| India Goes Fanatic With Cricket | |
| es the men in blue (or rather we, as one would believe) did it after 28 years, and perhaps in doing so absolved themselves of all the ills of the past -somewhat like taking a dip in the Ganges, which is said to absolve the Hindus of their sins (desp | |
| 07:31 Apr 5, 2011 PST | |
| Rural Women Show Their Might to Get Their Rights | |
| A two day convention of rural women leaders in the east Uttar Pradesh town of Mau, brought together over 400 women leader delegates from 10 districts of eastern UP, to share their bitter and sweet experie | |
| 16:39 Mar 30, 2011 PST | |
| Genital TB Causes Infertility Among Women | |
| This is not sensational news but in spotlight because CNS recently reported that genital tuberculosis was one of the lead causes of tubal infertility and only 2 per cent women with genital TB delivered live births. It was a very positive news that a | |
| 11:53 Mar 30, 2011 PST | |
| China Collaborates With Global Health Bodies in The Fight Against TB | |
| On World TB Day 2011, WHO, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Stop TB Partnership called upon world leaders to step up their commitment and contributions to meet the goal of diagnosing and treating one million people wit | |
| 07:51 Mar 30, 2011 PST | |
| Ilina Sen Claims Unfair Prosecution of Dr. Binayak Sen | |
| Dr Binayak Sen, a medical practitioner and a civil liberties' activist, has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Chhattisgarh. | |
| 17:29 Mar 26, 2011 PST | |
| Non Communicable Diseases Outsmart Infectious Diseases | |
| Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) - cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes - are no longer diseases of the wealthy. | |
| 16:08 Mar 26, 2011 PST | |
| TB Kills Nearly 1,000 People a Day in India | |
| People need not be afraid of tuberculosis (TB) as it is completely curable. People should be encouraged to go to the government-run free anti-TB treatment centres (providing the WHO recommended Directly Observed Treatment Short course | |
| 11:01 Mar 26, 2011 PST | |
| Spotlight on New Approach to Tuberculosis Vaccine Funding | |
| European politicians, tuberculosis (TB) advocates and health advisers are gathering to discuss an innovative financing model that would enable scientific discoveries to be translated into TB vaccines. | |
| 17:14 Mar 24, 2011 PST | |
| Fixing Drug Supply and Price Problems is Urgent | |
| A promising new diagnostic test will finally help detect more people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), increasing the urgency to solve major problems around the pricing and supply of DR-TB medicines, according to a new report by the Internat | |
| 12:15 Mar 24, 2011 PST | |
| Cooperation, Research and Innovation Key Drivers to Combat TB | |
| A World Bank study on the economic impact of TB control estimated that the benefits of investing in scaled-up TB care and control outweigh the costs of treatment, on average, by 10 times. | |
| 10:47 Mar 24, 2011 PST | |
| TREAT TB Seeks Answers to Key Questions in Fight Against TB | |
| Key questions regarding the new tools and new challenges facing TB control and prevention today are being addressed through an innovative international initiative, TREAT TB. | |
| 05:50 Mar 24, 2011 PST | |
| Project Axshya to Reach 744 Million People With TB Control Services | |
| Clearly more needs to be done for effective tuberculosis (TB) control by reaching out to the unreached populations who are least likely to access existing TB care services. Project Axshya, aims to do exactly that. Supported by one of the largest gra | |
| 18:03 Mar 23, 2011 PST | |
| Empowering Rural Women | |
| A Regional Women Leaders' Convention is being held on 24-25 March 2011, in Mau, UP, as part of the Empowering Rural Women (ERW) programme, which has been operating in 253 Gram Panchayats (village councils) of 10 districts of UP, since December 2007 | |
| 16:52 Mar 23, 2011 PST | |
| Citizens Call for Public Scrutiny of India's Nuclear Plants | |
| The Indian Prime Minister and citizens both made a call for scrutiny of India's nuclear plants. However the similarity ends here, and polar differences became evident... | |
| 14:58 Mar 20, 2011 PST | |
| Engaging Affected Women is Key in Fighting Genital TB | |
| Genital TB can happen to men and women both - but due to already existing gender-based inequalities and other factors, the impact of genital TB is likely to be severe on a woman. | |
| 11:16 Mar 20, 2011 PST | |
| Citizens Demand An End to India's Nuclear Programme | |
| Humankind has only seen unprecedented and uncontrollable devastation, misery and agony due to nuclear accidents over the past years or atom bomb strikes in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. | |
| 08:40 Mar 18, 2011 PST | |
| World Sleep Day: Sleeping Well for a Healthy Life | |
| World Sleep Day is held every year on March 18th, with a view to raise awareness about the merits of sleeping well for a healthy life. The theme for this year (2011) is promoting healthy sleep for all ages. | |
| 15:38 Mar 17, 2011 PST | |
| Gender-Specific Home-Based Care for TB to Reduce Transport Cost and Time Loss | |
| Although women get diagnosed for tuberculosis (TB) later than men, treatment outcomes among women are better than men with higher TB treatment success rate and lower default (drop-out) rate in the female patients. Among the unreached people who need | |
| 11:26 Mar 15, 2011 PST | |
| Success Rates of TB Treatment are Higher With Women Than Men | |
| Tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes are better among women as compared to those in men, said Dr KS Sachdeva, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) of the Government of India. | |
| 20:07 Mar 12, 2011 PST | |
| Good Maternal Health Vital to Prevent The Tide of Diabetes in Women | |
| According to this research, poor diet can lead to abnormal development of the pancreatic beta cells which make insulin, the hormone vital for regulating blood sugar levels. | |
| 08:36 Mar 12, 2011 PST | |
| Genital Tuberculosis is a Major Cause of Tubal Infertility in Women | |
| Only two per cent of women with genital TB have live births. In India, 19 per cent infertility in women is attributed to genital TB. The impact of genital TB is more severe on lives of women because mostly genital TB impacts women of age group 15-35 | |
| 13:30 Mar 11, 2011 PST | |
| Social Determinants Put Women At Risk of Tuberculosis | |
| It is no coincidence but rather an ill-synergy of a range of factors that increase the risk for a woman to get tuberculosis (TB). In India, sixty per cent women are poor which often means poor living conditions, poor food, long working hours and ign | |
| 10:32 Mar 11, 2011 PST | |
| Most Women With TB Become Homeless in India | |
| According to the study done by Tuberculosis Research Centre in India alarming numbers of women with tuberculosis (TB) become homeless once diagnosed with TB. At a meeting on importance of addressing TB in context of women's health organized by Glob | |
| 05:59 Mar 11, 2011 PST | |
| Better Awareness and Treatment Compliance Needed in Thai Diabetes Control | |
| The researchers examined diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management in Thailand, Colombia, Iran, Mexico, England, Scotland, and the United States. The results show among others that 62% of men in Thailand are underdiagnosed and untreated. | |
| 15:58 Mar 9, 2011 PST | |
| Women in India Still Struggle to Attain Equalilty and Emancipation | |
| The 8th of March 2011 marks the centenary of the very first International Women's Day which was celebrated in 1911 in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, when more than one million women and men attended International Women's Day rallies ca | |
| 10:01 Mar 8, 2011 PST | |
| Long Road Ahead for Asian Women Workers' Struggle for Equality | |
| 'While much achievement has been made in the past decades, women workers across Asia still struggle for more rights and equality. They need to find more ways to make their voices heard, such as engaging in politics' | |
| 11:06 Mar 7, 2011 PST | |
| Prof. RP Sahi: Ano-Rectal Problems are Not Minor | |
| 'Ano-rectal problems were considered as minor medical or surgical procedure and never got its due importance. Any damage done to this area by any surgical technique is very difficult to reconstruct. | |
| 06:18 Mar 7, 2011 PST | |
| 'Project DISHAA' Initiate National Diabetes and Obesity Awareness Program | |
| Under this project, more than 500,000 school children (aged 10 and above) of 50 cities across India, along with their parents, teachers, and the general public will be sensitised against the malaise of diabetes over a period of 18 months (July 2011- | |
| 07:40 Mar 6, 2011 PST | |
| Social Media Makes a Difference in The Selection of HT Woman 2011 | |
| Instead of a distinguished panel choosing an appropriate candidate for HT Woman 2011 award (probably in a closed meeting room), HT opened the process of nomination and selection to its readers. | |
| 08:39 Mar 5, 2011 PST | |
| CWCs Encouraged to Be More Proactive in Fostering Child Rights | |
| A sincere effort was made to encourage the Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) to be more proactive in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to preserve the best interest of the child by fostering child rights. The duration of survival of the child, right to | |
| 12:07 Mar 4, 2011 PST | |
| Act Now To Turn The Tide Of Diabetes | |
| Latest study shows that millions of people worldwide may be at risk of early death from diabetes and related cardiovascular illnesses because of poor diagnosis and ineffective treatment. | |
| 19:53 Mar 2, 2011 PST | |
| Fighting Tuberculosis in Prisons is a Smart Choice | |
| If governments are made to pay compensation to every person who dies of avoidable diseases like TB, one can imagine the financial crisis governments might soon be in. | |
| 13:47 Feb 26, 2011 PST | |
| Some Laws Obstruct HIV Response in Asia-Pacific Countries | |
| 'In the Asia-Pacific region, and across the world, there are too many examples of countries with laws, policies and practices that punish, rather than protect, people in need of HIV services. Where the law doesn't advance justice, it stalls progre | |
| 13:03 Feb 24, 2011 PST | |
| Unbiased and Independent Inquiry Vital for Bomb Blasts and Communal Violence | |
| 'Unbiased and independent inquiry must be held in every incident of bomb blasts and communal violence' said Suresh Khairnar who is a noted social activist, and has been working against communalism since Bhagalpur riots 1989. Suresh Khairnar has be | |
| 06:33 Feb 24, 2011 PST | |
| People's Participation in Governance Vital to Democracy | |
| The challenge in front of us is how to transform the present democracy into a democracy of peoples' participatory democracy, said Jain. | |
| 15:56 Feb 21, 2011 PST | |
| Growing Support for Lokpal Bill to Fight Corruption | |
| How will an anti-corruption agency function if it has to take permission for conducting inquiry from those in power? Moreover if the anti-corruption agency is only supposed to advise the government but not given any executive power to take action to | |
| 11:46 Feb 21, 2011 PST | |
| Democracy Means People Have The Power Over Politics | |
| Dr. Jha said that people are increasingly moving towards organizing themselves, it is the politics of the people, by the people and for the people truly speaking, and people are leading the struggle for political reforms as well. | |
| 10:39 Feb 21, 2011 PST | |
| Panchayati Raj Sammelan: True Democracy is Possible | |
| S.R. Darapuri, who has been a retired Inspector-General (IG) Police, said that until the larger goal of sovereign panchayats is achieved, the elected Gram Pradhans must ensure that the benefits through various welfare and development schemes reaches | |
| 07:57 Feb 21, 2011 PST | |
| Sexual Preferences Create a Stir in India | |
| Kudos to the nineteen parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, who recently came together in the Supreme Court, to stop the State from criminalising their children. | |
| 05:57 Feb 21, 2011 PST | |
| Coordinated Civil Society Input Vital for UN Summit on NCDs | |
| A civil society movement is growing in lead up to the United Nations (UN) Summit on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), said the Chairperson of NCD Alliance Ann Keeling, who was speaking at the WHO-wide Planning Meeting for the UN High level Meeting o | |
| 14:28 Feb 18, 2011 PST | |
| Right to Education for Minority Girls Needs Attention | |
| The cause of the right to education for minority girls was taken up quite effectively at a zonal seminar on 'Empowerment of Minority Girls Through Education' at the Department of Education | |
| 08:10 Feb 17, 2011 PST | |
| Cheap Popularity Gimmicks in Media Overshadow Basic Human Qualities | |
| Two events, occurring in quick succession in the recent past, have been very disturbing. One is the sounding of death knell by Mark Thompson (director general of British Broadcasting Corporation), of the Hindi radio service of BBC. | |
| 12:43 Feb 16, 2011 PST | |
| Mental Healthcare for Transgender People: An Elusive Dream? | |
| Although far from optimal, still considerable progress has been made in providing healthcare to transgender people in many parts of the world. Yet their mental health needs remain far from being served. | |
| 18:25 Feb 15, 2011 PST | |
| Women's Organizations Demand Better Laws to Protect Women Against Violence | |
| The women's organisations working for women rights in Lucknow marched the streets silently on the 12th of February 2011 to send the message of protest against the failure of the government to provide protection to women against violence. | |
| 08:23 Feb 15, 2011 PST | |
| India Still Struggles From The Clutch of Poverty and Corruption | |
| 'The people centric politics that should have taken place in India after independence never could become the mainstream politics. Post-independence politics should have made its citizens conscious of their rights and responsibilities, by virtue of | |
| 07:01 Feb 14, 2011 PST | |
| Funding and Collaboration are Vital for The Development of New TB Vaccines | |
| Funding is key in this process, however the TBVI research gathering brought up another major requirement for success; collaboration. Group efforts and partnerships are valued important by researchers. WHO's Uli Fruth is nothing less then excited ab | |
| 09:15 Feb 12, 2011 PST | |
| Community Engagement in TB Programmes Vital to Quality TB Care | |
| In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India). | |
| 04:55 Feb 9, 2011 PST | |
| District Magistrate Helps Bahraich Community Recover From Floods | |
| And that is precisely what the district administration with support from UNICEF had hoped to hear when they began preparing way back in June 2010 to face the challenges that floods in these prone areas throw up year after year. | |
| 07:23 Feb 6, 2011 PST | |
| High Mortality Rate is Dominant Among HIV Patients With TB in India | |
| 60% of people living with HIV in India are dying due to preventable and curable TB. Though we have 12,500 microscopy centers available across India, deaths occur mainly due to late diagnosis, owing to technology limitations. | |
| 10:07 Feb 3, 2011 PST | |
| India's TB Programme Saves 2.2 Million Lives | |
| 'What we have achieved in the past decade in TB control, we weren't able to achieve in the preceding 30-40 years of national TB programme' said Dr KS Sachdeva, Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Central TB Division, Government of India. | |
| 05:34 Jan 31, 2011 PST | |
| Food Insecurity Increases Mortality and Morbidity Rate Among HIV Patients | |
| Food insecurity might present in different forms in different people which may include macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies, ART interactions, obesity, lipodystrophy, range of mental health concerns, and more importantly, behavioural outcome | |
| 06:53 Jan 27, 2011 PST | |
| Extra Care of Kidneys Vital for People With HIV | |
| The people living with HIV (PLHIV), particularly those who are on the antiretroviral therapy (ART) consisting of tenofovir drug, should take extra-care of their kidneys. | |
| 12:16 Jan 25, 2011 PST | |
| Study Shows Decrease in Bone Density is Dominant in People With HIV | |
| Citing studies that looked at bone loss among PLHIV, Dr. Tashima said that irrespective of ART regimen changes, there was bone loss reported in most of the studies. Greatest bone loss was in two arms that included tenofovir which is a powerful drug | |
| 06:45 Jan 25, 2011 PST | |
| Resistance to ART Reduces Treatment Options for Persons With HIV | |
| Dr. Benson listed some of the common causes that lead to ART resistance which included poor adherence, social or behavioural factors, ART regimen toxicities, ART tolerance issues, incorrect drug doses in ART regimen, host genetics, poor absorption o | |
| 08:21 Jan 24, 2011 PST | |
| Modern Women Pursue Gender Equality | |
| The United Nations General Assembly has created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, in July 2010 - a new agency solely focused on women's rights with a view to invest in women's equality. | |
| 08:59 Jan 17, 2011 PST | |
| India Must Resist European Pressure to Trade Away Health | |
| MSF relies on affordable medicines produced in India to treat more than 160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS across the developing world. India is also the source of 80% of the AIDS medicines purchased by donors like the Global Fund. But in a leaked | |
| 07:09 Jan 13, 2011 PST | |
| Earlier Antiretroviral Theraphy for HIV Patients Reduces Morbidity and Mortality | |
| Studies indicate that there are enormous public health benefits of starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) earlier for people living with HIV (PLHIV. | |
| 11:12 Jan 10, 2011 PST | |
| CART 2011 Provides Latest Clinical Update on HIV Infection Management | |
| Globally acknowledged leaders in clinical management of HIV infection, including those from India, participated in the vibrant academic exchange and discussions at the recently concluded Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2011) in Chennai, India. | |
| 07:19 Jan 10, 2011 PST | |
| Asia to Gaza Caravan Lifts The Spirits of Palestinian People | |
| The First Asia to Gaza Caravan was given a warm send off from Latakia, Syria, where the Baath Party Chief and former Ambassador to India, Dr. Mohsen Alkhyyr, accompanying the Governor of Latakia, announced that the names of the caravan members would | |
| 07:41 Jan 7, 2011 PST | |
| Tuberculosis Kills 1.8 Million People Worldwide in 2010 | |
| The year 2010 came to an end, but the need to attend to lung health has certainly become more pressing as we enter in the year 2011. | |
| 08:36 Jan 5, 2011 PST | |
| Syria Welcomes Asia to Gaza Caravan on Christmas Day | |
| The Asia to Gaza caravan arrived to a grand welcome by the Governor of Latakia, Dr. Khalyl Mashhaddya, a cardio-thoracic surgeon, on 25th December, 2010, in the port city of Syria, with school children playing their band and raising pro-Palestine an | |
| 09:57 Jan 3, 2011 PST | |
| No Ifs About The Butts, No Matter How Much You Puff | |
| One of the most powerful and cost-effective mediums to educate consumers about the hazards of smoking is the pictorial health warning on the package of tobacco products itself. It has universal reach, and the cost of package warnings is paid for by | |
| 09:40 Dec 27, 2010 PST | |
| Gaza Solidarity Caravan Grows In Number | |
| The members of caravan were promised that they would be given a Syrian visa upon arrival. The process was smooth. The visa fees for 81 members from 9 countries was waived. | |
| 16:44 Dec 26, 2010 PST | |
| The True Meaning of Christmas Lies on The Humbleness of The Heart | |
| The birth of Christ is an event which teaches humanity the lessons of austerity and humility. It teaches us to respect the poorest of the poor and to accept the graces, as well as tribulations of life with equanimity. Let us not forget the real mean | |
| 09:40 Dec 26, 2010 PST | |
| NAAT Revolutionizes TB Care and Control By Providing Accurate Diagnosis | |
| According to the WHO, evidence to date indicates that implementation of this test could result in a three-fold increase in the diagnosis of patients with drug-resistant TB and a doubling in the number of HIV-associated TB cases diagnosed in areas wi | |
| 19:10 Dec 20, 2010 PST | |
| Early Diagnosis and Rapid Test Results Cut The Transmission Cycle of TB | |
| Although significant advances in tuberculosis (TB) control have taken place over the past years, the TB levels are not going down as fast as expected earlier (10% decline every year was projected). | |
| 18:09 Dec 20, 2010 PST | |
| Iran and Turkey Welcomes Gaza Caravan | |
| The first Asia to Gaza solidarity caravan reached Tibriz from Tehran (Iran) on 13th December, 2010. On the way the people of Zanjan welcomed the caravan and offered lunch. The mayor of Tibriz, Alireza Novin, hosted the caravan. The member of the car | |
| 12:09 Dec 20, 2010 PST | |
| ASICON 2010 Showcases Modern Advancements in Surgery in India | |
| The 70th annual conference of Association of Surgeons of India (ASICON) being held in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) campus, New Delhi, India, is showcasing recent and most modern advancements in surgery. More than 7000 surgeons fro | |
| 05:52 Dec 20, 2010 PST | |
| TB Photovoice Touches Lives Through Photographs that Give Voice to TB | |
| The TB Photovoice (TBPV) Project was awarded the TB Survival Prize 2010... TBPV provides cameras to community members (survivors, caregivers, friends, family) affected by TB, who take photographs that help them identify and improve their communities | |
| 05:19 Dec 17, 2010 PST | |
| International Symposium on TB Diagnostics Innovates to Make An Impact | |
| 'It is perhaps the most opportune time to address issues in TB Diagnostics. With the largest pipeline of new drugs and drug combinations in place, 'potentially effective against all forms of disease in all patients' (TB Alliance), and a similar p | |
| 09:09 Dec 14, 2010 PST | |
| 33 Organizations Urge Indian Government to Drop Charges Against Shahina KK | |
| Last week, 33 organizations across India issued the following statement in support of Tehelka reporter Shahina KK. She faces charges from the Karnataka Police under IPC 506 for intimidating witnesses. | |
| 06:52 Dec 14, 2010 PST | |
| Thai Hospitals are Running Out of Antiretroviral Drugs for Patients With HIV | |
| 'We have been unable to secure a sustainable source of ARVs for our patients,' explains a staff of the Mae Tao Clinic, a clinic providing health care services to migrants and displaced people near the Thai-Burma border. 'If they stop taking their | |
| 08:29 Dec 13, 2010 PST | |
| Ambitious Caraban to Reach Gaza to Express Solidarity Against Israel's Blockage | |
| An Asia to Gaza caravan is being planned from New Delhi to Gaza during the month of December, 2010, as part of the international effort to break the three year old blockade of Gaza by Israeli forces. | |
| 05:03 Dec 9, 2010 PST | |
| Health Funding Grows to Staggering $26 Billion for 2010 | |
| The report documents that there is a continous health funding for the developing countries. The commitment to health in the developing world has grown dramatically over the last twenty years. | |
| 17:32 Dec 6, 2010 PST | |
| Tuberculosis Significantly Links to Prevalence of Poverty | |
| The poor and vulnerable people are much more likely to suffer from TB due to socioeconomic factors. The poor face significant costs and delays in accessing TB services and treatment outcomes are more likely to be adverse, said Rachael Thomson from L | |
| 13:15 Dec 6, 2010 PST | |
| Private-Private Partnership Delivers Affordable Eye Care to 18 African Countries | |
| An Irish non-profit, Right to Sight (RTS), partnered with a NGO - Lions Aravinda Institute of Community Ophthalmology (LAICO) and a private-for-profit company, Shalina, to deliver quality, affordable and sustainable eye care in Democratic Republic o | |
| 09:15 Dec 6, 2010 PST | |
| New Science, New Hope: Microbicides and HIV Prevention | |
| There is still a long way to go which may span over years through rigorous path of clinical trials and product development, before any microbicide can truly be available to communities. | |
| 16:28 Nov 27, 2010 PST | |
| Stop TB: Indigenous People Have Consistent Pattern of Health Inequality | |
| 'Basic human rights as enjoyed by others have not benefitted indigenous peoples. Therefore the respect and recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples is critical to our dignity and survival. | |
| 15:01 Nov 27, 2010 PST | |
| An Integrated Health System Is What We Need | |
| Our fight should not be directed merely against certain specific diseases, but to be disease free and healthy. To achieve this, we will need to strengthen health systems and work towards the fair and equitable distribution of health care resources t | |
| 11:27 Nov 27, 2010 PST | |
| 'Right to Sight' Brings Light to People With Cataract Around The World | |
| According to Pradhan that 50-75% people who are blind are due to cataract and 5% due to glaucoma. He said that blindness is largely caused by cataract. | |
| 09:21 Nov 27, 2010 PST | |
| Canada Recognizes The Right to Health Among Indigenous Communities | |
| The International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 169 (1991) Article 3 states that indigenous peoples must fully enjoy fundamental human rights without obstacles or discrimination. | |
| 20:36 Nov 26, 2010 PST | |
| Irish Forum Calls to Protect Health Aid Fund as 400,00 Children Die Annually | |
| The Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH) is concerned at the further cuts to the overseas aid budget in the Government's four-year plan. It urges the Government to protect aid funding for health and HIV programmes in developing countries and to kee | |
| 16:47 Nov 26, 2010 PST | |
| More Poverty and Tuberculosis (TB) in Indigenous People | |
| 'Where we have indigenous people, we have more poverty and more TB incidence' said Mirtha del Granado, Regional Adviser on TB, WHO (in Americas) at the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 15:15 Nov 26, 2010 PST | |
| ADF Improves Affordability of Essential Asthma Medicines in Poor Countries | |
| The Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) is a mechanism to improve access to affordable and quality asthma medicines where they are needed most. | |
| 12:14 Nov 26, 2010 PST | |
| Irish Conference Addresses New Science and New Hope for HIV/AIDS | |
| The biennial conference of the Irish Forum for Global Health (IFGH) to mark the World AIDS Day (1 December) is focussing on the theme of 'Partnerships to address health and diseases of poverty challenges.' IFGH together with National University of | |
| 07:56 Nov 26, 2010 PST | |
| Rockefeller Foundation Aims for The Transformation of Health Systems | |
| 'Universal Health Coverage would mean better health outcomes, greater equity and lower poverty, and we can make this happen. Achieving universal health coverage is not so much about mobilizing more capital (although it is necessary ), but it is | |
| 15:48 Nov 25, 2010 PST | |
| Health Services Offer No Solution When Pockets are Empty | |
| What makes the world so far behind universal health coverage is related to factors such as weak health systems and health financing systems that do not function. | |
| 04:53 Nov 25, 2010 PST | |
| Simple, Safe and Effective Medication is The Right of All TB Patients | |
| In the words of Dr Nils Billo, Executive Director of the The Union: 'This report is a wakeup call for the TB community. All TB patients should have the right to consistent supplies of simple, quality assured medicines when they need them. | |
| 11:58 Nov 24, 2010 PST | |
| TB and Tobacco Consumption Kill Millions of People Every Year | |
| The connection between breath and life is fundamental, yet lung health does not seem to be high on the public health agenda. Around 10 million people (especially the poor, old and the weak) die every year, due to lung diseases, including tuberculosi | |
| 08:48 Nov 21, 2010 PST | |
| 12 TB Vaccine Candidates Answer The Global Demands for New TB Vaccines | |
| Louder voices and more demand for new tools against tuberculosis (TB) from people and communities are needed to push the fight against the airborne disease, participants of the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health in Berlin, | |
| 05:31 Nov 21, 2010 PST | |
| Global Community Unites Against Tobacco Industry Interference | |
| As the host country for this week's tobacco control treaty meetings braces for a legal challenge from Philip Morris International (PMI) to its graphic cigarette warning labels, 172 Parties are uniting behind Uruguay in a declaration adopted | |
| 16:01 Nov 20, 2010 PST | |
| Diabetes is Significantly Link to TB | |
| 'There is very good evidence which suggests that if you have diabetes, the risk of TB is twice than if you do not have it. In terms of diagnosis and treatment also, there is similarity of obstacles. We do not have simple diagnostic tests available | |
| 06:33 Nov 20, 2010 PST | |
| TB Attacks Prominently The Marginalized and Poorest Communities | |
| One of the most adversely affected communities is at times least likely to seek care - as demanding care might have a price. | |
| 08:16 Nov 19, 2010 PST | |
| Big Tobacco Companies Bully Global Tobacco Treaty | |
| Success hinges on treaty financing, limiting industry interference. A weeklong treaty meetings commenced on 15 November 2010 as an industry prohibited from participating attempts to influence its outcomes from the outside looking in. | |
| 07:35 Nov 18, 2010 PST | |
| Amaya Lacson Foundation Saves Lives for its Anti-TB Campaigns | |
| Within that pill is also your health - said Rachel C Orduno who herself completed anti-TB treatment (ATT) years back to encourage others who were on ATT and didn't want to take the pills due to toxicity and side effects of ATT. | |
| 05:12 Nov 18, 2010 PST | |
| Big Tobacco Undermines Health Policy as Treaty Meetings Face Similar Abuse | |
| PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY: A new investigative report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists exposes a wide range of tactics employed by the tobacco industry to undermine advances being made by the global tobacco treaty. Threats | |
| 19:57 Nov 17, 2010 PST | |
| Pharmacists Play a Significant Role in TB Control Schemes in Cambodia | |
| The private pharmacists are real partners in TB control helping increase new TB case detection and treatment in Cambodia. Senior TB advocate Hara Mihalea from PATH presented the best practice example of Cambodia at the 41st Union World Conference on | |
| 13:23 Nov 15, 2010 PST | |
| Global Walk Against Diabetes | |
| Today is World Diabetes Day and also Children's Day in India. We are also in the middle of an international conference on Lung Health in Berlin (41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany (11-15 November 2010). | |
| 10:17 Nov 15, 2010 PST | |
| Journalists Shun Sting Operations in India | |
| 'Sting operations are morally, ethically and professionally wrong, they are pure drama and stunt, aimed at creating sensationalism. This is not responsible journalism.' These were the views of veteran journalist and chief patron of Media Nest, whi | |
| 08:51 Nov 15, 2010 PST | |
| UNION Reports 344 Million People At-Risk of Type II Diabetes | |
| 'Many of these diseases are linked, such as diabetes and tuberculosis, so when you have a rapidly increasing burden of diabetes, you will also see an impact on TB control. | |
| 04:59 Nov 15, 2010 PST | |
| TB Afflicts Swaziland | |
| Swaziland has the highest per capita TB burden in the world, and HIV incidence is 26% which is no less alarming. Not surprisingly TB-HIV co-infection rate amongst TB patients in Swaziland is 80%. | |
| 09:37 Nov 14, 2010 PST | |
| TB Patients Act as Agents for Change | |
| This approach enables us to reach those patients who many of times have not been able to come to the health care facilities despite presenting the signs and symptoms related to TB, | |
| 06:51 Nov 14, 2010 PST | |
| Did Isolating (jailing) TB Patients in Kenya Help Public Health? | |
| When Kenyan activist Nelson Otwoma went to see the three TB patients who were put in isolation (in the prison) in August 2010 for forcible TB treatment - he was shocked. | |
| 17:31 Nov 13, 2010 PST | |
| Say Goodbye to Diabetes on World Diabetes Day | |
| Starting from 12th November, people from all corners of the world are uniting together for three days of celebration to put diabetes firmly in the public spotlight. World Diabetes Day is the best opportunity there is to draw attention to the silent | |
| 08:56 Nov 13, 2010 PST | |
| Bring Tuberculosis Out Of The Dark Into Light.... | |
| ...So said Gerry Elsdon, the very svelte TV broadcaster from South Africa, during the 10th anniversary celebrations of the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, during the 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, Berlin, Germany. | |
| 17:44 Nov 12, 2010 PST | |
| The Union's Approach to Child Pneumonia Cuts Deaths By More Than Half | |
| Every 20 seconds pneumonia causes a preventable tragedy somewhere in the world. That's how often a child under five dies of a disease that is preventable, treatable and curable with existing vaccines and antibiotics. World Pneumonia Day, to be held | |
| 13:45 Nov 12, 2010 PST | |
| Stop The Child From Turning Blue: Fight Pneumonia | |
| As of now only about two and a half percent of the donor funds are used for acute respiratory infections. Pharmaceutical companies will have to be encouraged to more invest in research.' | |
| 10:39 Nov 12, 2010 PST | |
| TB Alliance Launches First Clinical Trial of a Novel TB Drug Regimen | |
| The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development celebrated its 10th anniversary bash by announcing the launch of the first clinical trial to test a novel tuberculosis regimen. | |
| 09:02 Nov 12, 2010 PST | |
| 47% TB Patients Remain Unreached in Chhattisgarh | |
| Nine out of eighteen districts are inhabited by tribal population. Poverty further exacerbates the situation denying access to existing healthcare services including those for TB. | |
| 09:25 Nov 10, 2010 PST | |
| People With Diabetes are 2-3 Fold Higher Risk of Tuberculosis | |
| The risk of mortality is much higher in TB patients who have co-existing diabetes. There are also evidences to suggest that when there is co-existing diabetes it takes longer for the sputum to become negative (for TB) with anti-tubercular treatment | |
| 05:44 Nov 8, 2010 PST | |
| Tuberculosis And Poverty: Partners By Default | |
| There is a direct link between tuberculosis (TB) and poverty. It is indeed a vicious cycle, as one begets the other. The stark reality is that TB saps the economy of the community, which in turn increases the likelihood of contracting TB. | |
| 18:51 Nov 7, 2010 PST | |
| Poverty Impedes Access to Existing Tuberculosis (TB) Care Services | |
| Poverty not only makes poor people more vulnerable to tuberculosis (TB) but also makes them less likely to access the existing TB-related prevention, treatment and care services. There is substantial number of active TB patients that are still not r | |
| 12:28 Nov 7, 2010 PST | |
| Poor People are Most Hard-Hit By TB, COPD and Tobacco | |
| Tobacco use, tuberculosis (TB), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are all burgeoning problems in resource poor settings. | |
| 16:32 Nov 6, 2010 PST | |
| Poverty Increases Vulnerability to Tuberculosis (TB) | |
| At the consultative workshop organized by the TB and poverty sub-working group of Stop TB Partnership in India (29-30 October 2010), it was clear that TB continues to affect society's most vulnerable - those who live in abject poverty, | |
| 09:21 Nov 5, 2010 PST | |
| Addressing Poverty in Tuberculosis (TB) Control: The Thailand Experience | |
| 68% of TB patients in this Thai study were either unemployed (14%) or earning USD 5-8 per day as daily wage workers. According to the World Bank data, 2009 Gross National Income per capita in Thailand was USD 3760. It is evident that unemployed and | |
| 17:41 Nov 3, 2010 PST | |
| Berlin 2010: TB, HIV and Lung Health: From Research and Innovation to Solutions | |
| It is hoped that this 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health will greatly motivate participants to discuss the development of new diagnostics, anti TB drugs and vaccines along with further advances in HIV care, Lung Health and tobacco control, w | |
| 13:50 Nov 2, 2010 PST | |
| From FIT to FAT: World Diabetes Day November 14th | |
| According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), there are over 300 million people with diabetes worldwide with low- and middle- income countries account for 4 out of 5 cases of diabetes. | |
| 05:41 Nov 1, 2010 PST | |
| Up to 1-In-5 Tuberculosis (TB) Deaths Attributed to Tobacco Use | |
| With 50% of all deaths from lung disease linked to tobacco use, control of the tobacco related substances is high on the agenda. | |
| 08:31 Oct 28, 2010 PST | |
| Piles to Smiles Clinic: Treating piles without surgery | |
| Treating Piles without surgery is a reality now. With latest techniques and competent well-trained staff, getting relief from haemorrhoids (or piles) without surgical incision is a possibility. Patient's hospital stay is very brief, and clinical ou | |
| 12:12 Oct 27, 2010 PST | |
| Tobacco Industry Interference in Implementing Global Tobacco Treaty in Thailand | |
| During the 10th International Week of Resistance to Tobacco Transnationals (IWR) during 4-8 October 2010, civil society groups from around the world told the world: how tobacco industry interferes in the implementation of the global tobacco treaty, | |
| 12:10 Oct 25, 2010 PST | |
| HIV Activists Help Push Tuberculosis Awareness | |
| 'HIV activists already deal with a lot of stigma,' Claire Wingfield, TB/HIV project coordinator at TAG (Treatment Action Group) agrees. 'And those with HIV/TB co-infection get the double stigma.' | |
| 08:29 Oct 18, 2010 PST | |
| Badaun Shows Way for Scrapping Inhuman Manual Scavenging Practice | |
| Urging media to help focus the attention of society on the inhuman practice of manual scavenging, UNICEF Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) specialist Mr Amit Mehrotra, said that, proper and sustained sanitation drives will surely help in eradicat | |
| 14:21 Oct 16, 2010 PST | |
| Steady progress made towards treating TB in Timor-Leste | |
| A greater number of new positive Tuberculosis (TB) cases are being detected now in Timor-Leste compared to nine years ago. Of these new cases, about 85% are being successfully treated | |
| 09:35 Oct 15, 2010 PST | |
| Comic Book Explains TB Vaccine Clinical Trial | |
| Finding participants for clinical trials is one of the challenges in the development of new vaccines against tuberculosis (TB). | |
| 08:16 Oct 13, 2010 PST | |
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