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Pune to roll out food baskets in community support initiative for TB patients

August 11, 2022 9:35 am

The civic body hopes people and organisations will contribute towards the project by adopting TB patients for a year.

TB reporting went up in 2021, yet to reach pre-pandemic levels: India TB Report

March 25, 2022 3:10 pm

The community and the government need to come together to fight TB and eliminate TB by the 2025 deadline set by our Prime Minister,” said Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on the occasion of World TB Day on Thursday.

MPs to seek full central funding for TB control

December 05, 2015 2:20 am

An estimated 2.5 million people are living with TB in India with more than 2 million cases reported every year.

High Alert

October 23, 2013 12:51 am

Blessina Kumar,Vice-Chair of Stop TB Partnership,Geneva,and HIV/TB patient rights activist,says TB control programme in India faces challenges in ensuring adherence to treatment

Experts question new TB test,say could lead to drug resistance

April 15, 2013 1:20 am

US to spot latent infection,in which a carrier does not spread the disease but can proliferate the bacteria.

Prashant Kishor: ‘Democracy not weak… Those saying people will lose vote rights are fools’

Political Pulse27 min ago

Political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor launched his Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) after three years touring Bihar. The coming Assembly polls will be the first test of his goal to emerge as the third alternative in Bihar politics. Kishor speaks to The Indian Express about his party’s campaign, and the issues being raised by his rivals.

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