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World Tuberculosis Day News
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World Tuberculosis Day is celebrated every year on 24 March across the world. The purpose of this day is to make people aware of TB disease. TB is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a bacterial infection that affects the lungs. It can also spread to other parts of the body such as the brain and spine.
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TB has become a common disease
March 24 is observed as World Tuberculosis Day
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While pulmonary TB is the most common form, TB can also affect other parts of the body, such as the bones, lymph nodes, and brain
TB can be difficult to diagnose as its symptoms are similar to other respiratory illnesses
TB can affect people of all ages, but those with weakened immune systems or underlying health conditions are more susceptible
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World Tuberculosis Day falls on March 24 every year
On World Tuberculosis Day 2022, an initiative by Johnson & Johnson India called '#BeTheChangeForTB' was launched
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World Tuberculosis Day is commemorated on March 24 every year to raise public awareness about consequences of TB.
Each day, over 4100 people lose their lives to TB.
Close to 28,000 people fall ill with this preventable and curable disease.
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Couples with genital TB have increased by 10 percent in the past 5 years
Adopting safe sexual practices and getting a Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine can help prevent genital TB
Delay in diagnosis and treatment can damage fallopian tubes in women and cause azoospermia (complete absence of sperm in semen) in men
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World TB Day is celebrated each year on March 24
This year's theme for World TB Day is ‘The Clock is Ticking’
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In 2016, an estimated 2.8 million (28 lakh) new cases of TB were reported in India and the country now plans to eradicate the disease completely by 2025 - 5 years before the global target.
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It is an event designed to build public awareness about the epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease.
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The National Health and Family Planning Commission said that by the end of 2016, 65 out of every 100,000 people were infected with tuberculosis, a figure that experts consider high despite having dropped by 14 per cent in the last six years.
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Happy to learn that World Tuberculosis Day is being observed on March 24, Mukherjee tweeted.
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Here are some key facts to know about this contagious disease, caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious, airborne disease that mainly affects your lungs.
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TB remains to be one of the largest on India's health and wellness scale.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that most often affect the lungs.
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TB is spread from one person to another through tiny droplets released into the air via coughs and sneezes.
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Doctors say nearly 90 percent women with genital tuberculosis are in the 15-40 age group. Infertility figures due to genital tuberculosis is 60-80 percent.
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According to Bachchan, stigma and discrimination against people with tuberculosis can occur anywhere whether it be in the workplace, healthcare facilities, within the community, and even in people's own homes.
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