Neetu Chandra Sharma
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: July 19, 2019, 9:46 p.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB
-- Genetic variations identified in clinical strains from North India could be resistant to drugs
-- India accounts for 24% of global MDR-TB and 27% of global TB incidence among HIV-negative people
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: March 15, 2018, 8:49 p.m.·
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TB programs
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is set against major challenges as it looks to achieving its ambitious target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the global target.
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: March 10, 2018, 7:15 p.m.·
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TB epidemiology
TB is prevalent in accordance with the type of cooking fuel used at home, show statistics from the latest National Family Health Survey.
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: Feb. 15, 2018, 1:33 a.m.·
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Diagnostics
Health-tech start-up Qure.ai develops an AI technology that can examine X-rays, MRIs and CT scans, identify patients with TB, stroke or any other disease in no time
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: Nov. 3, 2017, 6:31 a.m.·
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TB programs,
TB care
A health ministry proposal for a monthly cash benefit of Rs500 to all tuberculosis patients is facing resistance, with the objections ranging from benefit duplication for TB patients to amount of aid.
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: Nov. 1, 2017, 9:17 p.m.·
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TB epidemiology,
TB programs
New Delhi: India continues to have the highest number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the world, the Global TB Report 2017 released by World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday (October 30) revealed.
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Neetu Chandra Sharma
Published: Oct. 27, 2017, 8:42 a.m.·
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Drug-resistant TB,
TB epidemiology
A study found over 40% of 45,076 patients, in 75 selected studies for review, suspected for resistance to any first-line anti-TB drugs, tested positive in the last 20 years.
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