‘Making TB a notifiable disease will benefit patients’
Tuberculosis kills around 1,000 people each day in India and more than two million people are affected by the bacterial disease. This makes India …
Tobacco consumption rising among Indian TB patients: India TB 2020 report
Though notification of tuberculosis goes up, more than 0.5 million patients still missing
TB drugs shortage: health activists to write to prime minister
Critical drugs for children and drug-resistant TB patients out of stock; may lead to increase in drug resistance cases
Tuberculosis control in India: towards universal access
Revised TB control programme needs to evolve an inclusive business model to engage the Indian private sector to ensure better quality of TB care
India not allocating enough funds to eradicate TB
India cannot eradicate tuberculosis by 2035, going by the current scenario
Medicine for drug-resistant TB added to government programme
The drug will be introduced in six tertiary care centers across India
Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB
A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control