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Fighting Tuberculosis in Prisons is a Smart Choice
If governments are made to pay compensation to every person who dies of avoidable diseases like TB, one can imagine the financial crisis governments might soon be in.
Community Engagement in TB Programmes Vital to Quality TB Care
In Andhra Pradesh state of India, a doctor gulped down sleeping pills when pulled up by authorities for not doing field visits to follow up tuberculosis (TB) patients (source: The Times of India).
High Mortality Rate is Dominant Among HIV Patients With TB in India
60% of people living with HIV in India are dying due to preventable and curable TB. Though we have 12,500 microscopy centers available across India, deaths occur mainly due to late diagnosis, owing to technology limitations.
NAAT Revolutionizes TB Care and Control By Providing Accurate Diagnosis
According to the WHO, evidence to date indicates that implementation of this test could result in a three-fold increase in the diagnosis of patients with drug-resistant TB and a doubling in the number of HIV-associated TB cases diagnosed in areas wi
TB Photovoice Touches Lives Through Photographs that Give Voice to TB
The TB Photovoice (TBPV) Project was awarded the TB Survival Prize 2010... TBPV provides cameras to community members (survivors, caregivers, friends, family) affected by TB, who take photographs that help them identify and improve their communities
