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Madhukar Pai, The Conversation

Good nutrition and food intake slashes risk of contracting tuberculosis, shows research from India

We need better tests, cures and vaccines for TB, but they alone cannot end the epidemic. TB patients must get social benefits that they need and deserve.

Yogan Pillay, The Conversation
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Madhukar Pai, The Conversation
· Aug 30, 2023 · 07:30 pm
The world needs a human rights approach to end the tuberculosis epidemic

Even today, TB kills 1.6 million people a year globally – more people than any other infectious disease.

Madhukar Pai, The Conversation
· Mar 24, 2019 · 02:30 pm
Health care is an essential human right – and so is a proper diagnosis

Countries globally should adopt and adapt the World Health Organisation's new Essential Diagnostics List as a key step in the management of all diseases.

Madhukar Pai, The Conversation
· May 19, 2018 · 02:30 pm

India can only contain its TB epidemic with cash and commitment

India’s national TB control programme has struggled to receive funding that is commensurate with the scale of the country’s epidemic.

Madhukar Pai, The Conversation
· Oct 08, 2017 · 02:30 pm