Tuberculosis

A former IIT Guwahati student, Himanshu Seth has come up with a low-cost medical kit that not only dispenses medicine for TB, but also educates the patient.

The research has been published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

As many as 2.8 million people developed Tuberculosis in India in 2015 alone, according to the World Health Organisation.

Lack of support while recovering from a terrible illness can cause further complications. Sreoshi Bakshi suffered the same, but timely intervention by a friend and the discovery of a new passion helped her maintain her fighting spirit.

Dr. Lalitkumar Anande is literally on a one-man mission to spread awareness about latent tuberculosis (TB) in Mumbai.

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.

This project is taking tuberculosis treatment and care to people from marginalised communities in 300 districts across India. Here’s how it works.

24-year-old Saurabh Rane finished a 10 km run in Mumbai in 57 mins. This was while he was taking medicines for extensively drug-resistant Tuberculosis – a condition that made his body resistant to about eight of 13 drugs meant to treat TB.

A Bengaluru-based company has made the new tool, which is expected to be as good as GeneXpert test— the current diagnostic tool for TB.

There are 22 high-TB burden countries (HBCs) in the world and India is one of them. In 12 of these HBCs, the private sector plays a major role when it comes to providing health care. And the Indian private sector is setting an example by offering a WHO-approved test for diagnosing TB at the cheapest price.