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TB Survivors Disrupt Global Conference, Demand That Drugs Be Made Cheaper

Anoo Bhuyan 04/11/2019

Companies owned by people in the Global North control...

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New TB Vaccine Gets More Efficient; Another $30 Million Allotted for Research

Anoo Bhuyan 29/10/2019

Pharmaceutical company Glaxo SmithKline has successfully conducted phase 2b...

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Small Drop in TB Cases in India, but Number of Deaths Rise

The Wire Staff 20/10/2019

India had 2.69 million patients in 2018, a drop...

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India Looks to Expand TB Programme With New Drug Bedaquiline

Anoo Bhuyan 26/09/2019

The health ministry has said that drug-resistant TB patients...

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As Leprosy Cases Increase, Government Pushes Elimination Target to 2019

Anoo Bhuyan 31/01/2019

The Centre planned to eliminate leprosy by 2018 but...

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India Excels in Funding Neglected Disease Research: New Report

Anoo Bhuyan 24/01/2019

Among other developing countries, India was responsible for the...

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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...