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A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

WHO Hopes New TB Regimen Will Be Shorter and Cut out Painful Injectable Drugs

Anoo Bhuyan 13/12/2019

The organisation recommended pretomanid, a new TB drug, but...

A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

As Focus Moves to TB Prevention, Who Will Treat India’s 2.69 Mn Patients?

Anoo Bhuyan 08/11/2019

At a recent global conference in Hyderabad, pharmaceutical companies...

Poonam, a resident of Pachkol village in Chhindwara district in south-west Madhya Pradesh, belongs to the Bhariya community, categorised as a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group. There is a 44% shortfall in the healthcare infrastructure in the tribal areas of Madhya Pradesh despite the fact that, last year, the state government had left in hand Rs 4,000 crore allocated for tribal welfare. Credit: Nikhil M. Babu/IndiaSpend

Read | India’s First Comprehensive Tribal Health Report

Ayesha Marfatia 17/11/2018

The report is the culmination of years of study...

A tuberculin test being conducted. Credit: WikiImages/pixabay

TB Patients on Bedaquiline Have Half the Mortality of Those Not on the Drug: WHO Chief

Anoo Bhuyan 06/11/2018

The WHO will be releasing new recommendations for the...