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2025 TB Elimination Goal Marred By Low Govt Spending, Erratic Drug &...
Noida: In 2018, India had said it would eliminate tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years before the World Health...
‘HMPV Is Common, Most Will Recover On Their Own’
Bengaluru: India has reported at least seven cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), according to media reports. Reports...
TB Care Is Free, But 45% Patient Families Suffer ‘Catastrophic’ Expenses
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 Goa Is Fighting TB Among High-Risk Groups
Goa: Fifty-four-year old Suresh has been drinking alcohol since he was nine. He ran away from his house in Bengaluru and...
Why Female Sterilisation Remains India’s Most Popular Family Planning Method
Noida: After Geeta Devi* (32) had her second child in 2014, she decided that she did not want any more children. With...
In 2020, 225,000 Indians Died Of Cancer From Preventable Risk Factors
Mumbai: In 2020, more than 225,000 Indians died of cancer caused by preventable risk factors, a recent study has...
Why India Could Miss 2030 Target To Eliminate Cervical Cancer
Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Poonam*, aged 53, an anganwadi worker in a village in Gurugram, Haryana got herself screened for...
