TB news from India

Research Matters: Why are India’s programmes to control drug-resistant tuberculosis not working?
India has the highest number of individuals with MDR-TB, contributing to one-fourth of the global burden.

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The New Indian Express: Drug-resistant TB wears down patients, their kin
India continues to have the maximum TB cases in the world as it accounted for nearly 27 per cent of the about 10 million new patients in the world, as per the WHO 2018 TB report.

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The Indian Express: More potent healers
Understanding how private operators diagnose and treat TB patients could be first step towards making the unregulated private sector more effective in treating the disease in India.

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The New Indian Express: Rs 500 per month from Centre not enough for poor tuberculosis patients
“The government’s scheme to provide Rs 500 as nutritional support to TB patients is yet another ‘Jumla’ (rhetoric) and tokenism. The scheme exposes the seriousness it pretends to have towards such a major public health issue concerning millions.”