The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 10th September 2024

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Taking TB seriously: On the BPaLM treatment regimen for drug-resistant tuberculosis

-Early adoption of the new treatment regimen is welcome

Time is of the essence (the basic or most important idea or quality of something) in adopting advanced technology in medical care. When medical technology arrives dragging its feet, then its transformative effects are not that dramatic. The Union Health Ministry’s decision to introduce the new treatment regimen (a plan or set of rules about food, exercise, or medicine that some people follow to stay healthy) for drug-resistant tuberculosis hardly a couple of years after it was recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a step in the right direction. Last week, the government approved the BPaLM regimen (a plan or set of rules) comprising four drugs — Bedaquiline, Pretomanid, Linezolid, and Moxifloxacin. This regimen has been proven (demonstrated to be true by evidence or argument) to offer better outcomes, remarkably shortening the duration of treatment, and resulting in improvements in the quality of life for persons living with multidrug-resistant (a condition where a disease is resistant to treatment with multiple drugs) tuberculosis (MDR-TB), which resists treatment by isoniazid and rifampicin, the two hitherto (until now or until a particular time) frontline drugs in TB treatment. The move makes tremendous sense for a country that voluntarily set itself an earlier target for TB elimination (the process of completely removing or getting rid of something) by 2025, five years ahead of the global target under the UN Sustainable Development Goals. TB elimination (the process of completely removing something) means there should be under one case of TB for a population of 10 lakh. Traditional treatments can last up to 20 months and entail severe side effects for the patient. The BPaLM regimen is reputed to cure drug-resistant TB in just six months, with a high success rate. It is particularly significant in this country because an estimated 75,000 people living with drug-resistant TB can now switch to this shorter, cheaper treatment regimen. This move, experts endorse (to make a public statement of approval or support), will undoubtedly improve treatment outcomes and help thousands of patients.

The government has, admirably, shown a commitment and political will to see the back of TB and has, over the years, implemented several measures in aid of this. Shifting from conventional (traditional and ordinary) culture and drug sensitivity (the quality of being easily influenced or affected by something) testing to rapid molecular tests for diagnosing MDR-TB has resulted in improved case detection (the act of discovering or identifying the presence of something), higher treatment coverage, better treatment success rates, and falling death rates. Extra support (financially, nutritionally, and societally) in the form of the Ni-kshay Mitra scheme has also yielded results. India’s reduction of TB incidence by 16% from 2015 to 2022 is almost double the pace at which global TB incidence is declining, as per WHO’s Global TB Report 2023. Mortality (the number of deaths in a particular group of people during a particular period of time) has also reduced by 18% during the same period in India. It was India which led the way earlier with its Directly Observed Therapy Short-course programme, revolutionising TB care back in the day with supervised administration of drugs. Pioneering (being among the first to do something) its patients, the government should not merely follow but be a pioneer (a person or group that leads the way in doing something) in diagnosing and treating TB.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 10th September 2024

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• Essence: The basic or most important idea or quality of something.
• Regimen: Any set of rules about food and exercise that some people follow, especially in order to improve their health.
• Proven: Shown to be true.
• Multidrug-resistant: Refers to a condition where a disease is resistant to treatment with multiple drugs.
• Hitherto: Until now or until a particular time.
• Elimination: The process of removing something completely.
• Endorse: To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone.
• Conventional: Traditional and ordinary.
• Sensitivity: The quality of being easily influenced, changed, or damaged, especially by a physical activity or effect.
• Detection: The fact of noticing or discovering something.
• Mortality: The number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time.
• Pioneer: A person who is one of the first people to do something.

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