Starting ART early prevents tuberculosis
That starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in discordant couples, where one of the two partners is HIV positive, results in 96
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Incentives-linked plan to detect TB cases
Published in The Hindu on September 11, 2012 The national strategic plan for TB control for 2012-17 developed by the
Read More‘Vitamin D hastens recovery in TB patients’
Published in The Hindu on September 4, 2012 Scientists have found that vitamin D supplementation in tuberculosis patients who are
Read MoreEditorial: A necessary ban
Published in The Hindu on June 26, 2012 The recent decision by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to
Read MoreEditorial: TB or not TB
Published in The Hindu on April 24, 2012 With tuberculosis killing two people every three minutes and the number of
Read MoreEditorial: India versus TB
Published in The Hindu on October 20, 2011 Although the number of new TB cases worldwide remains a matter of
Read MoreEditorial: Say no to TB blood tests
Published in The Hindu on July 29, 2011 The World Health Organisation recently issued a recommendation against the use of
Read MoreEditorial: What ails public health research?
Published in The Hindu on May 2, 2011 Why has the incidence of tuberculosis in India remained around 170 per
Read MoreEditorial: Revolutionary test for TB
A new test developed for diagnosing active tuberculosis is set to revolutionise treatment of a disease that kills 1.8 million
Read MoreEditorial: Doing science in a new way
Published in The Hindu on April 17, 2010 The recent successful mapping of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) genome by the
Read MoreHow the young brigade mapped the TB genome
Published in The Hindu on April 15, 2010 When nearly 400 motivated students, with the help of a few faculty
Read MoreSmoking raises the risk of developing TB disease: study
Published in The Hindu on August 24, 2009 Several studies have shown that smoking is a risk factor for developing
Read MoreIndia’s TB treatment strategy stands vindicated
Published in The Hindu on September 17, 2009 Research based on a study commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO),
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