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  TB incidents declining at slower pace, India to miss WHO target

  India | Jan 11, 2015, 11:06 AM IST

  Kolkata: India is unlikely to reach the WHO target of elimination of tuberculosis (TB) by 2050 going by the rate at which incidence of the disease is declining in the country.“Incidence of TB in India

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  US charity helps North Korea fight drug-resistant TB

  World | Oct 14, 2014, 12:07 PM IST

  Washington: Despite worsening U.S.-North Korean relations, an American charity is ramping up efforts against an epidemic of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the isolated country, where it says it is making inroads in fighting the deadly disease.The

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  WHO targets elimination of TB in over 30 countries

  World | Jul 03, 2014, 05:12 PM IST

  Rome: The World Health Organisation (WHO), along with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), on Thursday presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease.There are 33 countries and

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