Essential drugs for MDR-TB out of stock in UP, Jharkhand

India leads the world in the burden of TB, according to the World Health Organization 

Indian pharmacies not responsible for spreading drug resistant TB, finds research

However, they did contribute to delays in TB diagnosis, it concludes

WHO report on antimicrobial resistance skips some obvious truths

It shies from mentioning the role of industry in promoting excessive use of antibiotics as well as its large-scale use in food-producing animals

World not on track to achieve TB targets for 2020: WHO

Between 2015 and 2018, only 6.3 per cent TB cases showed a cumulative decline, against the 20 per cent target by END TB strategy: Global …

Tobacco consumption rising among Indian TB patients: India TB 2020 report

Though notification of tuberculosis goes up, more than 0.5 million patients still missing  

Antibiotic resistance: South Africa has a success story in treating resistant TB

Antimicrobial resistance is a worry as in several other African countries  

Vitamin C could be panacea for drug-resistant TB

Vitamin triggers reaction which eventually kills off bacteria; could help shorten drug therapy

India reports sharp decline in tuberculosis registration after COVID-19 lockdown

Extra 0.2-0.4 million global TB deaths could push world eight years back, says WHO report 

TB drugs shortage: health activists to write to prime minister

Critical drugs for children and drug-resistant TB patients out of stock; may lead to increase in drug resistance cases