Showing posts with label Articles of Dr P S Sarma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Articles of Dr P S Sarma. Show all posts
If we are to end TB then we have to increase health literacy and programme effectiveness
This Podcast features Dr PS Sarma, senior #TB expert from #AndhraPradesh state in India and Chairman,SMLS Trust. He is the honorary national professor at Indian Medical Association (IMA) CGP New Delhi, and Executive Committee member of TB Association of Andhra Pradesh.
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Winning the fight against cancer
Link between diabetes and TB
Dr P S Sarma, CNS Correspondent, India
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one disease that can have an adverse affect on many organs of the body. Like wise, it has a great impact on all forms of TB—whether latent or active . People with DM have a high risk of getting TB, more so if they are having poor diabetes control. Diabetes prevalence is increasing especially is low income settings where TB is already endemic.
Generate stronger action to fight non-communicable diseases
Dr PS Sarma, CNS Correspondent, India
By endorsing Agenda 2030, governments around the world have committed to fight against NCDs which are responsible for nearly 70% of the premature deaths globally. One of the important targets of Agenda 2030 is to reduce these deaths by 33% by 2030, and all governments have to work towards achieving this goal. In a webinar organised by Citizen News Service (CNS), experts like Dr Ehsan Latif, Senior Advisor (NCDs), International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) and Cristina Parsons Perez,
Capacity Development Director, NCD Alliance not only gave an overview
of the present scenario of NCDs, but also detailed the corrective
measures needed to stem the rising tide of these killer diseases.
By endorsing Agenda 2030, governments around the world have committed to fight against NCDs which are responsible for nearly 70% of the premature deaths globally. One of the important targets of Agenda 2030 is to reduce these deaths by 33% by 2030, and all governments have to work towards achieving this goal. In a webinar organised by Citizen News Service (CNS), experts like Dr Ehsan Latif, Senior Advisor (NCDs), International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) and Cristina Parsons Perez,
Capacity Development Director, NCD Alliance not only gave an overview
of the present scenario of NCDs, but also detailed the corrective
measures needed to stem the rising tide of these killer diseases.
Does faith help in fighting TB?
Dr P S Sarma, CNS Correspondent, India
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Human beings live in the world of hope–hope for a better tomorrow. This hope depends upon, and is generated from faith- faith in oneself, faith in the fellow beings and, above all, faith in God. Faith is a principle of action and power. Whenever we work for a worthy goal, we exercise faith.All over the world, efforts are being made to combat TB— an infectious disease that kills 2 persons every 3 minutes.
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