Open AccessTuberculosis: Stop It with Effective Treatment
Author(s) -
R. Santosh Kumar,
Divya Pushp
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of medicine and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8414
DOI - 10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i530463
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , pandemic , public health , health care , intensive care medicine , environmental health , economic growth , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , covid-19 , nursing , pathology , economics
Aim: Tuberculosis is one of the oldest human diseases, dating back over 17,000 years based totally on molecular proof. Despite modern diagnostic and treatment approaches, people continue to suffer from tuberculosis, and it tops the list of ten deadly infectious diseases in the world, second only to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. TB is a worldwide pandemic, as per World Health Organization (WHO).It tops the causes of death among HIV-positive individuals. In this review we assess the challenges faced due to tuberculosis and its management and the strategies adopted to tackle it.Because of the dearth of number one health-care infrastructure in rural regions of several states which includes Health care provided privately not regulated nicely, which ends up in First- and second-line anti-TB drugs are widely used irrationally; infection with human immune deficiency virus; loss of political will; and, The most crucial, the corrupt management are all fundamental demanding situations in India's combat against tuberculosis. Another rising danger to TB eradication is multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which is the outcome of a failing or deteriorating TB control programme. The World Health Organization's "STOP TB" policy aims to eradicate tuberculosis as a public health hazard by 2050.