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Hailing from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, Dr Shiny Kaki is no ordinary general physician. Over the last three years, she has served in conflict zones marred with civil wars and helped save civilians wounded in wars and successfully saved lives during epidemic outbreaks.

According to WHO’s Global TB report 2015, India has the highest TB burden in the world. For people like Narendra, who develop extremely drug resistant TB, it is vital that new and promising drugs like bedaquiline and delamanid be made easily accessible and affordable.

Dr Ruchi Brahmachari, a clinical psychologist from Mumbai, looks back on her time in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Low-cost, generic medicines produced in India are helping millions of people across the world get affordable, high-quality medication.

From gunshot wounds to shrapnel injuries, patients in Yemen taught Nishanth Arulappan, a doctor from Vellore, a lot about what it means to work in a conflict zone.

Most doctors are extremely passionate about all their patients. But there are some who become chapters etched forever in our souls. This is the story of one such patient.