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Representational image. Credit: PTI

State’s Tuberculosis Rampage Exemplifies the Failure of the ‘Gujarat Model’

Kiran Kumbhar 27/11/2017

Gujarat has so utterly failed in controlling TB that...

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...

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The Disappearing Mid-Wives of Tribal Gujarat

Damayantee Dhar 19/10/2017

Traditional birth attendants play a central role during pregnancies, childbirth...

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Punching Below Its Weight: India’s Progress Towards Health-Related SDG Goals

Madhukar Pai 21/09/2017

It is time for India to fully fund and...

Gram negative burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria which was grown on a medium of sheeps blood agar

A Mystique Among Microbes

Priyanka Pulla 10/08/2017

Melioidosis is the stuff of tragedy. The bacterium that...

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...

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Caption and credit: NIAID

While India Begins to Get Its Anti-TB Act Together, a New Model Has Predicted Newer Threats

Sandhya Sekar 31/05/2017

Thanks to illiberal treatment guidelines, a complex treatment regimen...