In India, 18 women die of TB every hour.

In India, 18 women die of TB every hour: Why have we stopped caring?

Women are conditioned to not complain, making diagnosis and treatment more difficult.

For the first  time ever, global health will be one of the prime developmental topics to be discussed at the summit.

Under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), Aadhaar is now compulsory, as per a notification

Under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, the UID must be furnished in order to avail treatment.

Defeating Tuberculosis another Mahabharata war

Due to misconceptions and undue fears, families, friends and coworkers shun patients, leaving them more or less alone to grapple with the treatment.

The disease kills almost half a million Indians every year.

Draft Budget for TB is historic, but can India turn back the clock?

The allocation amounts to nearly Rs 5,500 crore per year till 2019.

The revised estimate of new TB cases in India now stands at 2.8 million or 217 per one lakh population.

Simply pointing fingers at others and seeing a conspiracy in everything is not constructive.

What will it take to eliminate TB from India by 2025?

The deadline will need in excess of Rs 9,000 crore until then to expedite elimination efforts, starting now.

We need to lead the way in R&D for TB and should allocate sufficient resources for the same.

Though tuberculosis is an age-old ailment, it is now the greatest killer worldwide.