Thrust on care of TB-infected HIV patients Stress on coordinated effort to fight TB Volunteers needed for anti-TB campaign
Kounteya Sinha of The Times of India, New Delhi for his feature story Fighting TB and taboo, highlighting the stigma that women with TB face.
Zubeda Hamid of The New Indian Express, Chennai for her story Dot(s) matrix, drawing attention to the invaluable contribution of DOTS providers to the TB programme
Ramya Kannan of The Hindu for consistently highlighting issues related to MDR-TB