World Tb Day
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Charting the way forward to tackle the twin threats of TB and Covid-19
The pandemic-induced crisis is not just a wake-up call but also an opportunity to improve access to health services for tuberculosis. Let us not squander it.
Priya Dutt
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TB survivors should have been central to redesigning care policies, not reduced to an afterthought
Starting with fair compensation, a meaningful engagement with those who survive the disease will shape effective health services for those who need it the most.
Ashna Ashesh & Chapal Mehra
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The availability of an accurate, affordable diagnosis remains a weak link in India’s TB care
The disease is curable, but multiple factors ranging from a shortage of reliable tests to expenses hamper its early detection.
Ashna Ashesh & Bulbul Sharma
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After losing Maharashtra, Shiv Sena tries hard to hold on to India’s richest civic body
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Why ex-servicemen in India don’t get many job offers after retiring from the armed forces
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
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Podcast: Ramachandra Guha on why Indians are so good at writing uncritical hagiographies
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Twitter account that led to Mohammed Zubair’s arrest does not exist anymore
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TB and mental health concerns have to be addressed together – urgently
The health system must listen to survivors of the disease and build on an inclusive approach by bringing on board those at the margins.
Sandhya Krishnan & Keyuri Bhanushali
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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
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India has a drug-resistant tuberculosis crisis but lacks the right tools to detect cases
Patients whose diagnosis for MDR-TB is delayed drop out of the tuberculosis control programme or die waiting for help.
Menaka Rao
Video
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