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TB Care Is Free, But 45% Patient Families Suffer ‘Catastrophic’...
New Delhi: About 45% of households with tuberculosis (TB) patients suffered catastrophic costs--defined here as...
Elimination by 2027? India’s Final Push Against Lymphatic Filariasis
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi: Santosh Kumar, 44, rides his bicycle slowly, his swollen leg dragging awkwardly...
How Women in UP Confront A Neglected Disease–And Stigma
Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh: The windowsill of Manorama’s porch is dotted with bottles of Odomos, kachua...
Why India Needs To Act Decisively On Microplastics
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh: They’re the size of a sand grain. At smaller than 5 millimetres (mm), microplastics enter us...
Why Jay Bhattacharya, Next Director of National Institutes Of Health, Opposed Covid Lockdowns
It was April 2020, the era of Covid lockdowns when tests were limited and difficult to access, a positive test meant...
‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’
Noida/Gurugram: On November 19, as many as 22 of the 35 air quality monitoring stations in Delhi recorded an air quality...
Why Packaged Foods Continue To Make A Killing
Mumbai: Ruhi Shelke, a working professional in her early 20s, likes the banana chips from her favourite local chain, Hot...
‘Drug & Vaccine Funding, Surveillance Critical To End Neglected Tropical Diseases’
Noida, Uttar Pradesh: On August 1, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducted a programme of mass drug...
