TB

APP Peshawar: The Leprosy, TB, and Blindness Relief Association has demanded the restoration of the 20-bed ward at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) reserved for the treatment of leprosy patients in the province. The leprosy ward at LRH was the…

APP Islamabad: Ministry of Health Federal Secretary Iftikhar Ali Shallwani called upon the global community to expedite the development, widespread deployment and accessible availability of an effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccine by the…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The HIV prevalence rate is 0.12 per 1,000 population and tuberculosis incidence is 259 per 100,000 people in Pakistan. According to the official report available, Pakistan is on track for three out of 14…

News Desk The incidence of TB per 100,000 people in Pakistan is 259 cases per year, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 launched by the Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue in Islamabad on Thursday. Pakistan is on track for three…

News Desk Lahore:Tuberculosis (TB) is spreading rapidly in third world countries, including Pakistan, due to a number of factors, though it has now become a curable disease. These views were expressed by Post-graduate Medical…

News Desk Health experts on Friday stressed the government to make serious efforts to eradicate TB from Pakistan. They said that TB is a treatable disease and if a person has a cough and fever for more than two weeks, he or she should go…