TB in India

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...

Rajasthan-mine

Dying in Dust: For Rajasthan’s Miners, Silicosis Deepens Struggle With TB

Anumeha Yadav 09/12/2018

The government recognises miners as being occupationally vulnerable to...

A patient suffering from Tuberculosis rests inside a hospital in Agartala

‘Incompatible With Life’, TB Patients Struggle with Modi Government’s Policy on Nutrition

Anoo Bhuyan 09/11/2018

There is a need to move away from the...

An estimated 1.7 million people died from TB in 2016. Credit: PTI

India Has Highest Number of New TB Cases Reported in 2016, Says WHO

India was followed by Indonesia, China, Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria...