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Govt Approves Revolutionary Six-Month Treatment For Drug-Resistant TB

September 6, 2024 Vinayak Barot

NewDehli: The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has approved the introduction of a novel treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) under its National TB Elimination Program (NTEP). The new BPaLM regimen, a four-drug combination of Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid, and Moxifloxacin, promises to revolutionize MDR-TB treatment in India. This shorter, six-month treatment option is […]

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World recorded around one crore TB cases in 2019 and 26% of total cases were recorded in India: Global Tuberculosis Report 2020

October 15, 2020 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The global tuberculosis report 2020 shows that “In 2019, the world had recorded around one crore cases of TB (Tuberculosis) and India had reported 26% cases of total TB cases.” As per the report the TB incidence rate in India is 193 per one lakh population, with the total number of cases estimated […]