Pakistan’s polio plan needs global support
After a year of relative success, the polio eradication drive in Pakistan received a setback on Wednesday (January 13) when a
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‘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 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 MoreEditorial: This tobacco warning should stay
Following a controversy sparked recently over remarks by some Members of Parliament on tobacco use, a group of leading film-makers
Read MoreA pictorial warning must shock
What is the connection between a scorpion, tobacco and cancer? Well, absolutely nothing. If any, it is the crab that
Read MoreEditorial: India flounders as H1N1 spreads
The influenza A(H1N1) virus continues to kill people in India, although its spread is not at a galloping pace.
Read MoreIndia turns spotlight on adolescent health
“India has demonstrated very strong leadership in positioning adolescent health as part of continuum of care. India has taken the
Read MoreEditorial: Another Ebola battle won
On January 18, the World Health Organization and the Malian government declared Mali free of the Ebola virus disease. Mali
Read MoreMeningitis: Indian vaccine will protect infants also
A meningitis A vaccine (MenAfriVac) manufactured by Serum Institute of India, Pune was approved by WHO a few days
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Discouraging cigarette sales by prohibiting its sale in the loose
The acceptance of a proposal to prohibit the sale of cigarettes in the loose, and raise the minimum age from
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Strengthening the care of the newborn
Tamil Nadu has come to realise in a most tragic manner the high mortality risk faced by preterm babies (those
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