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DOH, PhilCAT and J&J Philippines join hands for a TB-free Philippines

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to affect millions of people around the globe, with an annual mortality rate that is higher than HIV and malaria combined. In...

After Covid, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis

By Glenda Kwek When Covid-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pandemic hurt...

After COVID, India tries to get on top of tuberculosis

When COVID-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, several million people are thought to have died. Desperate efforts to stem the pandemic hurt the battle...

Batangas hospital gets new anti-TB facility

Tuberculosis remains a serious problem in the Philippines, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC made the statement during Thursday’s...

WHO sounds alarm on TB fight funds

The world is spending nowhere near enough to revive the fight against tuberculosis after the COVID-19 crisis wiped out years of progress, the WHO...

Navotas gives P3K grant to TB patients

The City Government of Navotas granted livelihood assistance to Navoteños who recovered from tuberculosis. Some 191 patients have received P3,000 each after completing the 6-8...

Recovered TB patients in Navotas get P3k livelihood aid

The City Government of Navotas has granted livelihood assistance to Navoteños who recovered from tuberculosis. Some 191 patients have received P3,000 each after completing the...

Duque urges TB patients to get free medicines

Health Secretary Francisco Duque III Tuesday urged Filipinos undergoing treatment for active tuberculosis (TB) disease to get their free medicines good for one month...

Science and shamanism

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Anti-TB drug game changer

Paris—A new treatment for a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis can cure 80 percent of sufferers, according to a trial hailed Monday as a “game...

Makati launches TB drive

The city government of Makati has launched a massive information and awareness campaign on tuberculosis while intensifying screening for TB cases among vulnerable groups in...

UN summit on TB seeks to put spotlight on the killer disease

United Nations"•It’s the world’s number one killer among infectious diseases, but tuberculosis has been eclipsed by HIV/AIDS as a focus of global attention and...

EO to give Health control of sale of anti-TB drugs

Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial has announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has promised to sign an executive order that would make the Department of Health the sole distributor of drugs...

DoH presses drive vs TB

THE  Department of Health starting this year will take stronger measures to reduce tuberculosis to a rare disease by 2022.  In a press briefing held...
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