Eureka now testing for cancer, infectious diseases
Staff Reporter, Guyana Chronicle, May 11, 2019
https://guyanachronicle.com/2019/05/11/eureka-now-testing-for-cancer-infectious-diseases
EUREKA Lab, in celebrating its 24th Anniversary in the business, launched a new Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) system which will test for Cervical Cancer and infectious diseases....
Read moreDoctors focus on infection control, role of surgery to treat tuberculosis.
Ritika Gupta, January 06, 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/docs-focus-on-infection-control-role-of-surgery-to-treat-tb/articleshow/67398159.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&&&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
Experts focused on topics like infection control in interventional pulmonology, role of surgery in tuberculosis treatment and lung cancer on the second day of the 73 rd National Conference of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases on Saturday...
Read moreThe Stop TB Partnership welcomes India's Andhra Pradesh State innovative private-public approach to ending TB
Sreenivas Nair, Regional Advisor, Country and Community Support For Impact Team, The Stop TB Partnership,, December 15, 2018
http://www.stoptb.org/news/stories/2018/ns18_080.asp
Earlier this year Andhra Pradesh, home to 50 million people, was prestigiously recognized by the Indian Ministry of Health as the leading state in the battle against TB...
Read moreQuantuMDx and Molbio announce Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Future Tech Festival
December 12, 2018
QuantuMDx Group Limited and Molbio Diagnostics Private Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities for joint working...
Read moreTo Tackle the Tuberculosis Crisis, Diagnostics Must Be Brought Closer to Patients
Biraj Swain,, November 30, 2018
https://thewire.in/health/to-tackle-the-tuberculosis-crisis-diagnostics-must-be-brought-closer-to-patients
Tuberculosis is the world's top infectious killer. In 2017, it killed 1.6 million people. The same year, ten million more were infected. India contributes 27% of the global TB burden...
Read moreIndia's MolBio Brings Tuberculosis MDx to Point of Care With Help From FIND
Madeleine Johnson, September 19, 2018
https://www.genomeweb.com/pcr/indias-molbio-brings-tuberculosis-mdx-point-care-help-find#.XEGloFUzaUl
MolBio, a Goa, India-based molecular diagnostics manufacturer, is bringing tuberculosis testing closer to patients in its home country, potentially competing with imported testing...
Read moreTB survivors to be roped in to eliminate disease by 2025.
Abantika Ghosh, April 18, 2018
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tb-survivors-to-be-roped-in-to-eliminate-disease-by-2025-5141784/
Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Tuesday said 'TB Champions', who survived tuberculosis, should be identified to raise awareness about the disease and meet a deadline, set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to make India TB-free by 2025...
Read moreEnding TB in India by 2025 is ambitious, not impossible.
K VijayRaghavan, March 21, 2018
https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/ending-tb-in-india-by-2025-is-ambitious-not-impossible/story-BJ88CUONziRlBGgRDjpUHJ.html
The Delhi End tuberculosis (End-TB) summit held recently was a watershed moment in the history of the disease. Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed a national commitment to rid India of tuberculosis by 2025...
Read moreICMR validates new test kit for tuberculosis.
Kalyan Ray, November 22, 2017
https://www.deccanherald.com/content/644308/icmr-validates-test-kit-tuberculosis.html
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated a new, modern and low-cost TB diagnostic kit that has the potential to change the tuberculosis treatment scenario in India...
Read moreHealth Ministry to release indigenous TB test.
November 07, 2017
https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/78/9775/health-ministry-to-release-indigenous-tb-test.html
An indigenously developed diagnostic test called Truenat test for effective case detection of Tuberculosis (TB) will soon be rolled out by the Union Health Ministry...
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