{"id":36112,"date":"2018-11-01T13:36:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T08:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36112"},"modified":"2018-11-01T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T08:06:55","slug":"a-looming-threat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-looming-threat-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A looming threat:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/a-looming-threat\/article19291276.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A looming threat<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India gets hold of a looming disease <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Context:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All children diagnosed with TB must get pediatric fixed-dose combination drugs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A proactive approach to testing helps in early and correct diagnosis of all contacts and in cutting the transmission chain. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stats:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 5,500 of over 76,000 children tested in nine Indian cities have been diagnosed with tuberculosis, 9% of them with multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), highlighting the silent spread of the disease.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a 2015 study, of the over 600 children who had tested positive for TB in four cities, about 10% showed resistance to Rifampicin, a first-line drug. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concern: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TB in children from these nine cities is a grim reminder of the failure of the health-care system to diagnose the disease early enough in adults and start them on treatment. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With up to a couple of months\u2019 delay in diagnosing the disease, there is a continuing threat of TB spreading among household contacts and in the larger community. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Initiative:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In line with World Health Organisation guidelines, the RNTCP (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program) requires all household contacts, particularly children, of a newly diagnosed pulmonary TB patient to be tested and started on treatment if needed. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children below six years of age in the household of a newly diagnosed patient are required to be given the drug Isoniazid as a prophylactic even when they do not have the disease.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2010, WHO had revised the dosage of certain TB drugs for children. But Fixed-dose Combination (FDC) drugs that take into account the revised dosages for children were finally made available in late 2015. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After more than a year\u2019s delay, a few months ago in 2017, India finally introduced FDCs in six States. The remaining States will be covered by the end of the year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A looming threat:India gets hold of a looming disease Context: All children diagnosed with TB must get pediatric fixed-dose combination drugs. A proactive approach to testing helps in early and correct diagnosis of all contacts and in cutting the transmission chain. 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