Tag: Pulmonary Tb

ttb
Now, TB No. 1 killer among communicable diseases in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: With the Niti Aayog – World Bank Health Index 2.0 sounding an alarm bell for the State on killer TB disease, the death toll due to TB in Odisha in 2017 (Niti Index’s reference year) had posted a near 14 per cent rise. Now, TB is taking an average 7 lives every 24 hours […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
Untitled-1
Odisha's Number one killer TB sees big drop in treatment rate in 2018!

Bhubaneswar: When as many as eight die of tuberculosis (TB) in every 24 hours in Odisha, the diabolical omen for the State is the big drop in successful treatment rate last year. Odisha, which figured among the top-10 TB mortality states in country, has recorded a big drop in successful treatment to 59 per cent […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
scrollToTop