Like COVID, TB is a pandemic and must be treated as an emergency

If we do not behave like TB is a global health emergency, we will continue to experience unacceptable suffering from a disease that has killed …

India leads list of nations where TB cases go unreported: WHO

Global Tuberculosis Report says 900,000 cases in India are either not diagnosed or not reported to health authorities

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  

India tops nations burdened by TB

Absence of new drugs and vaccines, funds shortage affecting treatment and control

TB drugs stock-outs trigger protests

Paediatric drug buffer stocks to last one month; emergency drug procurement by July 15

Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB

A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control

7,500 child TB patients go untreated in Madhya Pradesh

Paediatric TB drugs in short supply; norms forbid purchase of medicines from non-government sources

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

Tuberculosis control in India: towards universal access

Revised TB control programme needs to evolve an inclusive business model to engage the Indian private sector to ensure better quality of TB care