Fighting TB matters since one case treated saves many others

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the impressive goal of eradicating tuberculosis (TB) in India by 2025

The Hindustan Hindi has published an op-ed by Bjorn Lomborg discussing the results from our research on tuberculosis.

Andhra Jyothy reports on the findings from our research on Tuberculosis.

Health: Infectious Diseases

Andhra Pradesh is moving ahead on the Indian health ranking. In the recent NITI Aayog ͞Healthy States, Progressive India index it moved up one ranking among the 21 larger states for its performance in health in 2015-2016, to eight place from ninth.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health challenge, and in 2016 India accounted for over a fifth of estimated TB mortality worldwide, the highest burden of any country (WHO, 2017).

Tuberculosis

In an upcoming research paper Nimalan Arinaminpathy, a senior lecturer in Mathematical Epidemiology at the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, has explored two options that would improve the state’s response to TB. The first proposal is to increase the quality of TB care in the private sector, and in the second adding case-finding in urban slums to this approach.

Sector Expert Consultation

On 25th Oct 2017, the sector expert consultation on diseases was held at Hotel Fortune Murali Park, Vijayawada. A total of 27 experts participated in the consultation. The consultation included experts from Government agencies like Andhra Pradesh Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP); Director of Health, GoAP; MEPMA; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; Medical Officer, State Senior Coordinator for School Health; Indian Medical Association; Chairperson, Dean - Research and Research Officer from IIHMR University, Jaipur; Health Consultants from UNICEF; Senior faculty from Siddhartha Medical College; researchers from Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, and private sector stakeholders from hospitals including Ramesh Hospital etc.

Ranking Solutions in Terms of Social Value for Money

Learn how the interventions to combat infectious diseases in Andhra Pradesh compare to policy options across other social sectors in terms of social, economic and environmental benefits per rupee spent.