Aligned with the global
theme of World TB Day
2017, those gathered
signed a pledge to unite to
end TB. The signatories,
who lit candles at the site,
have lent their complete
support to achieve India’s
goal to eliminate TB by
2025. Ms Blessina Kumar,
who leads the Global
Coalition of TB Activists,
said, “We stand with every
TB patient for the trauma
and stigma he or she has
had to face. This show of
strength and solidarity
today is a sign of our
concerted efforts to fight
and end TB in India.” 6 AIIMS like
institutes functional,
4 in progress & 6
new proposed
India carries the highest
burden of TB – 27 percent
of the TB cases from
around the world are
from this country. O nly
last year there were 28
lakh new TB patients
and 79,000 patients
of drug-resistant TB, Patna (Bihar), Raipur
(Chhattisgarh), Bhopal
(Madhya Pradesh),
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha),
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and
Rishikesh (Uttarakhand)
have already been
made functional. An
AIIMS at Rae Bareli is
The Minister of State
(Health and Family
Welfare), Mrs Anupriya
Patel gave the details
about current status of
AIIMS like hospitals
being set up across
India. Six AIIMS at
being established under
Phase-II of PMSSY.
Finance Minister while
presenting the Budget for
the financial year 2014-15
had announced setting
up of four new AIIMS in
Andhra Pradesh, West
Bengal, Maharashtra
and Purvanchal in UP,
and in the Budget speech
2015-16 has proposed to
set up six new AIIMS in
Jammu & Kashmir,
Punjab, Tamil Nadu,
Himachal Pradesh,
Assam and Bihar.
Two new AIIMS
in Gujarat and
Jharkhand have been
announced in Budget
speech of 2017-18.
lakh lives lost due to
this disease last year.
a more severe form of
the disease which is
also more difficult to
treat. Additionally, TB is
known to be five times
more common amongst
economically deprived
classes and incurs huge
costs on its patients
and their families.
MedGenome
launches novel
genetic screening
test for unborn
babies
To help address this
problem, and to give
couples planning
on a baby get better
understanding of their
risks to pass on genetic
disorders, MedGenome,
India’s premier genomics
based research and
Diagnostics Company,
has announced the
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