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Antibiotic resistance: A new dose

How the world is gearing up to fight antibiotic resistance

Letters

South Africa hunts for TB patients

Nigeria shuts down private hospitals

The M in IMA

South Asia

Big tobacco blows new smoke rings

A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules

Yemen to try new strategy to fight malaria

Brazil issues compulsory licence for anti-HIV/AIDS drug

South Asia

AIDS medicine prices lowered

WHO bans smoking in indoor workplaces

Thailand issues generic drug licences

IMA to endorse PepsiCo's food products

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others

Letters

Matter of life and death

In Short

How vulnerable are we to mental disorders?

COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis

COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis  

Fatal resistance

The strong and mighty bacteria are all around us. They have hardened themselves to fight back the antibiotics administered to patients. This is …

Drug resistance finds mention in new National Health Policy

India does not have robust data on antibiotic resistance, but the available records show that the issue needs immediate response

Why is Centre making Aadhaar compulsory for poor TB patients despite Supreme Court order?

In the past, the Apex Court had asked the Centre to not make Aadhar compulsory for public welfare schemes

Depression recovery: while some make progress, others fumble in darkness

The World Health Organization says the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in lower-income countries