Multi-disease elimination approach in action when services go closer to the communities

Bringing health and wellbeing services closer to the communities helps breaking barriers they face in accessing them. With this driving intent, few important promising initiatives were spearheaded by the Indian government this fortnight.

[video] Along with treatment, ending hunger, tobacco and alcohol, and preventing NCDs is also TB prevention

[video] To end TB we must address TB risk factors, says Dr Sajeevan KM

[video] Seychelles secret to keep TB under bay: screen everyone, detect early, link to treatment and care

[podcast] Would Seychelles be the first African country to end TB?

This podcast features Dr Louine Morel, Medical Registrar, Communicable Disease Control unit, Ministry of Health of Seychelles, who was on the panel for #EndTB Dialogues (season-2), #90for90 #GlobalVoices Series. Seychelles 100% funds its fight against tuberculosis and has managed to keep TB under bay. Although there has a rise in notified cases in the recent years. Listen to more insights from Dr Morel. Seychelles is likely to be the first country in Africa to end TB, hopes Dr Louine Morel.

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Ending tobacco use is the bedrock for progressing towards ending TB and SDGs

Globally all governments have promised to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030, with the Indian government aiming to end it 5 years before the global target. TB was the deadliest of all infectious diseases till the pandemic hit us. But if we look at TB high burden nations, such as India and Indonesia, it continues to be the biggest killer infectious disease leaving COVID-19 behind - though undeniably, even one death due to TB or COVID-19, is a death too many.

The conundrum of TB, tobacco use and NCDs in Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific region had over 6.7 million new TB cases and over 883,000 people died of TB in 2021, as per the latest Global TB Report of the World Health Organization (WHO). The top 5 biggest risk factors that caused TB disease in 2021 in Asia Pacific region were undernourishment (1.2 million new cases), tobacco use (502,000 new TB cases), alcohol (486,000 new TB cases), diabetes (234,000 new TB cases), and HIV (209,000 new TB cases).

Women and community ownership have made a difference, says Rwanda's health minister

(Exclusive article published in The New Times, Rwanda on 7th December 2019)

Rwanda is one of the few countries, globally, that are on track to achieve the 90-90-90 UNAIDS targets. Visiting Indian media personality Shobha Shukla spoke with Health minister Dr Diane Gashumba on the margins of ICASA 2019 – the 20th International Conference on AIDS and sexually transmitted infections in Africa, which will come to an end on Saturday in Kigali.

9th Diabetes Atlas highlights & link between tobacco-TB-diabetes

[Listen on Apple Podcasts] This Podcast features the audio recording of the World Diabetes Day Webinar, which presented highlights of 9th Diabetes Atlas, and link between TB-tobacco and diabetes among other issues. 9th Diabetes Atlas was released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) on World Diabetes Day 2019. This Webinar also had a message from Barrister Shameem Haider Patwary, Member of Parliament, Bangladesh, who is part of APCAT (Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control & NCDs Prevention) & Asia Pacific Parliamentarians' Caucus for tobacco control and NCDs prevention.

World Diabetes Day Webinar: 9th Diabetes Atlas & link between TB-tobacco-diabetes

World Diabetes Day Webinar: Know more about 9th Diabetes Atlas & link between diabetes-tobacco-TB

watch Webinar recording | listen to podcast

watch Webinar recording | listen to podcast

Political commitment is key for ↑ progress to #endTB, #endTobacco & #beatNCDs

This Podcast features Dr Erlina Burhan, noted TB expert from Indonesia and member, Board of Directors, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union). She was in conversation with CNS head Shobha Shukla. Dr Burhan speaks about strong linkages between tobacco use, TB, diabetes, cancer (such as lung cancer), among others.

Integrated healthcare services are vital to #endtobacco, #beatNCDs, #endTB

This Podcast features Dr Paula I Fujiwara, Scientific Director of International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), who was in conversation with CNS Managing Editor Shobha Shukla, at the 4th Summit of APCAT (Asia Pacific Cities Alliance for Tobacco Control and NCDs Prevention) in Bogor City of Indonesia.

Break The Silos: Integrate healthcare for control of tobacco, TB, diabetes (other NCDs)

Preventing the avoidable burden of #NCDs & averting untimely deaths, is a #humanrights imperative!

Tobacco control is saving costs in Bogor (Indonesia), says Mayor Dr Bima Arya Sugiarto

Family support is crucial for diabetes care

Dr Amitava Acharrya, CNS Correspondent, India

Photo credit: CNS (Durban, South Africa: 2017)

Human health is an equilibrium condition of physical, mental and social health. Traditionally, human beings are a group of socially dependent mammals where family and society have a major role in the development of human behavior, morality, ethics and the way of life. This becomes all the more pronounced in countries like India, where a strong traditional and cultural bond runs in its milieu.

[CNS Live globalhealth eConversation series] It's time to end latent TB too! #ItsTimeToGetReal

It's time to end latent TB too!

This Podcast features conversation on ending latent tuberculosis (TB) infection, with experts like, Dr Shibu Balakrishnan, TB expert from RNTCP Kerala, India; Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, head of Vietnam's national TB programme; Dr Shibu Vijayan, acting Global TB Technical Director at PATH; Dr Rajesh Kumar Sood, District TB Officer, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India; Dr Erlina Burhan, Head of TB DOTS and MDR-TB Persahabatan Hospital, Indonesia and member, Board of Directors, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union); and (Moderator) Shobha Shukla, Executive Director and Managing Editor, CNS.

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Mind-energy technique for management of challenging ailments

Dr Ajit Kumar Varma, CNS Columnist

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A 55 year old male, suffering from Type 2 diabetes for the last 12 years, presented with pain, swelling and dark necrotic patches over his right leg. He gave a history of minor trauma to the leg about two weeks before admission to this hospital (Aster Medcity, Kochi), for which he was being treated earlier in another hospital. He developed fever with chills, increasing infection of the right leg, and was then transferred to our institute for onward management.