As per WHO, smoking substantially increases the risk of tuberculosis and death from tuberculosis. (Photo source: IE) By Dr Vikas Maurya, Tuberculosis is a major cause of ill health, the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent in the developing world. Tobacco, particularly smoking is recognized by the medical community as a major … Read more
As per 2019 data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), India is estimated to have close to 2.64 million TB cases. (File photo: IE) By Dr K Madan Gopal and and Suryaprabha Sadasivan In the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken the center stage of all public health discussions, decisions, and interventions, and rightly … Read more
Part of the reason for the high numbers in India has also to do with its large population. It sees around 26 lakh new TB cases every year. COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on tuberculosis or TB in India. In a disease that sees one TB patient die every minute, the under-reporting of cases … Read more