Tag: TB
Over 27,000 Pakistanis contract TB every year
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks four among countries with high incident cases of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) as estimated 27,000 new cases are reported every year.
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Health minister says govt committed to ending TB by 2030
ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Saira Afzal Tarar on Monday said that all resources will be mobilised to fight tuberculosis...
Expert says one-third of world population affected by TB
PESHAWAR: About one-third of the world’s population is affected by tuberculosis (TB) bacteria and 90 per cent of the patients reside in developing countries.
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‘Lack of awareness major reason for TB’
LAHORE: Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) on Saturday held a press briefing in connection with the World Tuberculosis Day, observed on...
SIUT organises awareness programmes on World Tuberculosis Day
KARACHI: Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) Department of Infectious Disease on Saturday observed World Tuberculosis Day by oranising awareness programmes in the...
MoIT plans to develop optical sensor for on-site diagnosis of TB
ISLAMABAD: Ignite-National Technology Fund under the ministry of information technology and telecommunication (MoIT) has planned to develop a portable optical sensor for on-site diagnosis...
Could giant rats be the solution to tuberculosis in major cities?
LONDON: Giant rats are probably not the first thing that comes to mind to tackle tuberculosis but scientists hope their sniffing skills will speed...
Punjab govt declares TB as notifiable disease
Punjab Primary and Secondary Health Minister Khawaja Imran Nazir said that elimination of tuberculosis from Pakistan and Punjab is the firm commitment of Punjab...
