Ntcheu District is progressing in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) since the establishment of Sputum collecting centres. District Health Officer for Ntcheu, Bosco Kalua: Vital Health worker ...

Community sputum collection points across Malawi managed to identify at least 1000 Tuberculosis (TB) patients in 2018 alone and helped the sick to access treatment, effectively avoiding transmission ...

India Health Fund (IHF), a Tata Trusts initiative, has announced its funding and support for a first-of-its-kind lollipop- and chewing gum-inspired sputum collection device for testing tuberculosis ...

Establishment of Sputum collecting centres in Ntcheu are having positive impact in identifying Tuberculosis (TB) patients in the distinct. TB Coordinator for Ntcheu, Sydreck Golden said this Friday at ...

Chennai: The ICMR's top tuberculosis research institute NIRT is in the process of developing and validating sputum-free tests using blood, stool, urine and saliva samples for diagnosing the disease.

Most tuberculosis (TB) tests are conducted on sputum samples. The difficulty with this is that many people, particularly children and people living with HIV, struggle to cough up the thick mucus, also ...

Given the urgent need for an alternative tuberculosis test, Tiyese Jeranji looks at the potential of a new experimental oral swab. The World Health Organization estimates that every year 40% of people ...

New Delhi: Tuberculosis, a bacterium infection that affects the lungs, is a major public health problem in India, with an estimated 21.4 lakh TB cases reported in 2021, 18 per cent higher than in 2020 ...

The innovation is a low-cost device that will improve the safety, efficacy, and ease of sputum collection for TB in children. (Image Credit: Pixabay) India Health Fund (IHF), a Tata Trusts initiative, ...

Ahead of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day tomorrow, Dr Lucy Connell, TB programme lead at health NPO Right to Care , says, "South Africa has one of the highest TB rates in the world. Right to Care supports ...

A team of faculty has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies. A team of faculty from Wayne State University has ...