Elimination of TB

Question 1

Is TB a bacterial disease ?

Answer 1

YES , it is also communicable in nature

Question 2

What are the types of TB ?

Answer 2

1) Pulmonary TB (Affects lungs)

2) Extrapulmonary Tb (other organs)

Question 3

Recent context ?

Answer 3

World Bank and Govt of India signed an agreement of $400 million to eliminate Tuberculosis

Question 4

What is latent TB ?

Answer 4

Infected by TB bacteria from actively sick people without their knowledge (1/3rd ppl of the world suffer from this)

Question 5

What are the types of Drug Resistant TB ?

Answer 5

1) Multidrug resistant Tb (MDR-TB) - Type of TB that doesnt respond to atleast 2 most powerful 1st line drugs
2) Extensively drug resistant TB (XDR-TB) - Type of TB that is resistant to atleast 4 anti TB drugs
3) Totally drug resistant TB (TDR-TB) - resistant to all 1st and 2nd line TB drugs

Question 6

What is Moscow declaration related to ?

Answer 6

To end TB