‘India should show leadership in TB research’
With a $9.1 million funding in 2014 by several Indian government agencies, India is ranked fifth in the world with
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‘India’s fight against TB lacks punch’
“TB is the leading infectious killer, yet countries still follow old and dangerous [TB diagnostic and treatment] polices,” MSF Access
Read More‘Child-friendly paediatric TB drugs will be a game changer’
Treating young children afflicted with drug-sensitive TB disease will no longer be the same. After years of neglect, the availability
Read MoreChild-friendly TB drugs launched
For the first time, child-friendly TB drugs for first-line medication in a fixed-dose combination was launched by TB Alliance, UNITAID
Read MoreChennai city’s new strategy to eliminate TB
Thanks to the Zero TB Cities project, if everything works to plan, Chennai may drastically reduce TB mortality, shrink the
Read MoreMDR-TB spreads less within households
Unlike people with drug-susceptible TB, those with multi drug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) are less likely to transmit disease to others living
Read MoreTB: India study confirms Xpert diagnostic test’s superiority
For the first time in India, the superiority of Xpert MTB/RIF over smear microscopy for bacteriological confirmation of pulmonary TB
Read MoreTB treatment programme in India may be generating more MDR cases
The Joint Monitoring Mission 2015 has come down heavily on the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) and the
Read MoreWorking towards personalised TB treatment
Three major global research centres in India will receive funding coming out of collaboration between the UK Medical Research Council
Read MoreIISc: Repurposing existing drugs to fight TB
A proof-of-concept study has successfully identified two small molecules (imipramine and norclomipramine) that can arrest the growth of TB bacteria
Read MoreUsing a diabetes drug to treat TB shows promise
Thanks to metformin, a drug that is commonly prescribed for type 2 diabetes patients, treating TB — both the drug-sensitive
Read MoreDiabetes triples the risk of developing active TB
India has the highest number of people in the world with active tuberculosis. The incidence of TB is 2.2
Read MoreIndia scores by battling HIV/AIDS but falls short fighting TB and malaria
The global burden and mortality from HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria across the world, and in the developing countries in particular,
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