TB treatment

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

TB More Prevalent in India Than Previously Thought: National Survey

The Wire Staff 24/03/2022

The prevalence of TB is 312 per 100,000 population,...

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...

India needs to bring down the TB incidence rate from around 200 to 10 per 1,00,000 individuals by 2025. Credit: PTI

And Now, Aadhaar Is Mandatory for TB Patients Seeking Government Cash Benefits

Anoo Bhuyan 21/06/2017

Until the new notification making Aadhaar compulsory under the...