Health in news on May 2

Despite drastic fall in malaria cases, Gadchiroli tops state

Though malaria cases have dropped by over 27,000 in Gadchiroli in the last three years, the district continues to have the highest incidence of the disease in not only Nagpur division but also entire Maharashtra

In Tamil Nadu, a van fitted with TB diagnostic equipment is on the move

A mobile van fitted with equipment for conducting CB-NAAT, a molecular test that detects presence of TB bacteria, was inaugurated by Collector S. Suresh Kumar in Nagapattinam on Monday.

TB patients under direct benefit transfer plan soon

Tuberculosis patients will be linked to government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme during two-month-long ‘Mera Gaon Swasthya Gaon’ launched in Rajasthan on Tuesday