Friday, May 9, 2025
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy
ENG
DZO
BBSCL Logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
Radio Live
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule
No Result
View All Result
BBSCL logo
Radio LIVE

Increasing tuberculosis detection gap, a growing concern

March 14, 2023
in Health, Other Stories
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
0
SHARES
5
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The health ministry says high detection gap of tuberculosis or TB in the country is a major concern. The gap occurs when the cases that could be diagnosed are missed or not tested. The health ministry reported that 37 per cent of estimated TB cases in the country are not diagnosed so far. While the detection gap is even higher at around 67 per cent for multidrug-resistant or MDR-TB.

Given the significant detection gap, the health minister said the disease will spread further and increase the burden of TB and MDR- TB in the country.

According to the minister, 11 per cent of the MDR-TB cases are those who are primarily infected with MDR-TB.

“We are encouraging people who have symptoms to come forward for testing. But not many people are coming forward for testing because they think that cough, fever, sweating, or weight loss is part of their normal life and don’t come forward for testing. For us to close the detection gap, people must come forward for testing so that we can detect the disease early,” added the minister.

Poor compliance with medication is another concern. Eight per cent of MDR-TB cases are those who got TB in the past.

“For TB, it is a long treatment process, so people become complacent. You do not complete the medication this time and the next time when you get it, it can develop drug resistance, the medicine that was working before will not work. So, you have to use higher-generation drugs and as you go up the options are very small. So, you might reach a stage where no current antibiotics are available that will work on you.”

The minister said there has to be a certain level of accountability and responsibility from the patients as well.

Meanwhile, the ministry will be working on sensitizing the public on TB. The ministry is also looking at enhancing testing in order to narrow or close the detection gap.

The ministry will receive five TB testing machines this month. Currently, there are 11 testing machines in hospitals across the country.

Kinley Dem

Edited by Sherub Dorji

Previous Post

Ground station for India-Bhutan satellite officially launched

Next Post

Department of Tourism revises entry fee to seven monuments citing lack of infrastructure

Next Post
Department of Tourism revises entry fee to seven monuments citing lack of infrastructure

Department of Tourism revises entry fee to seven monuments citing lack of infrastructure

90 candidates get nominated, NC Elections campaign begins

90 candidates get nominated, NC Elections campaign begins

Bird flu outbreak in Tashichhoeling Gewog, Samtse

Bird flu outbreak in Tashichhoeling Gewog, Samtse

Please login to join discussion

RECOMMENDED NEWS

Fire rages on, destroyed 700 acres already

13 years ago
0

Categorising disciplinary problems in schools

13 years ago
1

Building disaster-resilient structures

5 years ago
1
Bailey bridge for Tshaluna and Jimina residents by March next year

Bailey bridge for Tshaluna and Jimina residents by March next year

9 months ago
17

BROWSE BY CATEGORIES

  • Accidents (14)
  • Agriculture (414)
  • Announcement (169)
  • Business (729)
  • Crime/Legal (361)
  • Culture (40)
  • Development (48)
  • Disaster (56)
  • Economy (268)
  • Education (400)
  • Entertainment (10)
  • Environment (52)
  • Feature (65)
  • Featured (6)
  • Festival (77)
  • GMC (10)
  • Headlines (5)
  • Health (608)
  • Legal (50)
  • Literature (9)
  • Livestock (73)
  • Media (22)
  • Other Stories (5,422)
  • Politics (418)
  • RCSC (1)
  • Recent stories (6)
  • Religion (42)
  • Sci/Tech (707)
  • Social (470)
  • Sports (441)
  • Technology (190)
  • Tourism (17)
  • Uncategorized (13,865)
  • Video (128)
  • Video Story (240)
  • Wildlife (39)

BROWSE BY TOPICS

Tender Announcement Vacancy Announcement

POPULAR NEWS

  • BPC’s investigation rules out transformer short circuit as Damchhu forest fire cause

    Viral video of Bhutanese man assaulted by locals and police in Jaigaon sparks safety concerns

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • A centenarian’s recipe to longevity

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Post-mortem confirms foul play: Progress in investigation of 24-year-old woman’s death

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Newspaper accuses DPT candidate of political ploy

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Man sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping 12-year-old girl

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
BBSCL

Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) is Bhutan’s primary national broadcaster, delivering diverse news and entertainment in multiple languages, fostering cultural understanding and public knowledge.

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Her Majesty Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck graces South Asian Women’s Conference 2025
  • New chapter for Samphelling’s only community temple, Dzhushidingkha Lhakhang restored
  • DGPC and Adani Group to jointly develop up to 5,000 MW of hydropower
  • Bhutan records 29 White-bellied Herons: RSPN’s annual WBH Survey
  • Clean Bhutan gives plastic bottles a new life as polyester wool

News Category

  • Accidents
  • Agriculture
  • Announcement
  • Business
  • Crime/Legal
  • Culture
  • Development
  • Disaster
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Environment
  • Feature
  • Featured
  • Festival
  • GMC
  • Headlines
  • Health
  • Legal
  • Literature
  • Livestock
  • Media
  • Other Stories
  • Politics
  • RCSC
  • Recent stories
  • Religion
  • Sci/Tech
  • Social
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Tourism
  • Uncategorized
  • Video
  • Video Story
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us
  • About BBS
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • More
    • Announcement
    • Programme
    • Radio Dzo-Channel Schedule
    • Radio Mix-Channel Schedule

© 2024 BBSCL. All rights reserved.