Updates TB in the news April 2012   Fight the stigma surrounding the disease, Deccan Herald, April 28, 2012 Gene Expert test for drug resistant TB detects 28 cases during first month, Hindustan Times, April 28, 2012 Mutant TB cases on the rise in Pune district, The Times of India, April 24, 2012 TB or not TB, The Hindu, April 24, 2012 March 2012   Incentives to private doctors who refer patients with TB, March 30 2012, Hindustan Times Anti-TB drug to be developed in India, March 30 2012, Deccan Chronicle Fighting that opportunistic infection, March 29 2012, The Hindu India contests WHO figures for multi-drug resistant TB, March 28 2012, The Hindu New test to detect tuberculosis in 2 hours, March 28 2012, Indian Express World Tuberculosis Day: TB spreads 29 per cent faster in jails, March 25 2012, The Express Tribune TB drugs to go child-friendly, March 24 2012, The Times of India- Crest Edition TB control must not be left in the dark, March 24 2012, The Hindu Says WHO: India has highest number of multidrug-resistant TB in South East Asia, March 23 2012, The Hindu TB on the safe side, March 22 2012, Hindustan Times Experts find link between TB and diabetes, March 18, 2012, The Times of India Tuberculosis: Why Gender Matters, March 16, 2012, Women’s Web Spinal Tuberculosis: The Indian scourge, March 16, 2012, The Times of India Japan contributes $340 mil to Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, March 15, 2012, Japan Today 14% TB patients in city negligent, each can infect 15 people, March 11, 2012, Daily News and Analysis Report each TB case to us, says health dept, March 6, 2012, The Times of India Money or Die, March 6, 2012, Foreign Affairs Sale of anti-TB drugs without doctor’s prescription faces ban, March 6, 2012, The Times of India Rs 710 crore to combat tuberculosis in the next fiscal, March 4th, 2012, The Times of India After six years, TB hospital OTs ‘operating’ again, March 3rd , 2012, Mid Day February 2012   Combating TB, the right way, February 23 , 2012, Businessline Rich or poor, TDR-TB is a threat to everybody, February 23, 2012, DNA Rise in TB, pneumonia cases as UT felt the chill, The Indian Express, February 23, 2012 Anti-TB week from February 17 to 23, New Indian Express, February 16, 2012 Meet Bulgam Bhai- here to fight TB! , Deccan Chronicle, February 15, 2012 TB: Dangerous Comeback, India Together, February 21, 2012 Way to quick relief: Detecting TB can be a breath test away, The Times of India, February 11, 2012 Outdated’ TB hospitals sit on huge land bank, The Times of India, February 9, 2012 To tackle TB declare it as a notifiable disease, The New Indian Express, February 7, 2012 WHO asks India to conduct nationwide study on MDR-TB, The Times of India, February 6, 2012 Pune hospitals in the dark about XDR-TB, DNA, February 3, 2012 Question mark over detection and treatment of TB in Mumbai, The Hindu, February 3, 2012 TB cases in Mumbai: Central team makes blueprint, Hindustan Times, February 1, 2012 January 2012   Unhealthy lifestyle, poor diet can make you prone to TB, The Times of India, January 30, 2012 New worries over drug-resistant TB, Hindustan Times, January 30, 2012 Public spitting thwarts TB control, DNA, January 29, 2012 Civic TB cell has a tough task ahead, The Times of India, January 28, 2012 HIV helpline will hear TB patients, The Times of India, January 28, 2012 NGOs crucial in TB programme, Hindustan Times, January 28, 2012 With no patients, only silence prevails at Aundh Chest Hospital, DNA, January 28, 2012 Side effects make patients drop out of TB treatment, Hindustan Times, January 28, 2012 TDR-TB in Bangalore: Where’s the committee, Mr SA Ramdas?, DNA, January 27, 2012 Gates Foundation gives $750 million to Global Fund, Washington Post, January 27, 2012 Early detection of TB is key to epidemic management, Hindustan Times, January 26, 2012 Whiff of fresh air, Indian Express, January 25, 2012 Feeling unsafe, Sewri TB hospital staff threaten to quit, Indian Express, January 25, 2012 State allots 1.5 crore for TB patients, Indian Express, January 25, 2012 The TB battle has just begun, DNA, January 24, 2012 'Trial of electronic nose to sniff TB still months away', Hindustan Times, January 24, 2012 MP to rope in pvt hospitals to screen TB patients, The Times of India, January 23, 2012 Chemists to help identify TB patients, Hindustan Times, January 23, 2012 Govt plans to add TB to notifiable diseases list, The Times of India, January 23, 2012 Mumbai’s XXtreme TB is neither new nor sudden, DNA, January 22, 2012 ‘No need to isolate patients’, Hindustan Times, January 22, 2012 BMC charts out action plan to tackle TB, Indian Express, January 22, 2012 State on offensive against TB strain, The Times of India, January 22, 2012 City's TB control project rolls out today, The Times of India, January 20, 2012 A mother’s isolation and a family's trials when TB had no cure, DNA, January 20, 2012 India Faces New Front in Battle Against TB, Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2012 ‘Not TB, Malnutrition will kill me at this hospital’, Mumbai Mirror, January 19, 2012 Centre alarmed, sends team to Mumbai, January 16, 2012, Deccan Chronicle Govt to track killer TB strain, January 15, 2012, Mid-Day Drug-resistant TB patients set to be isolated in Maharashtra, January 15, 2012, The Times of India More children falling prey to drug-resistant TB: Study, January 15, 2012, Hindustan Times Arunachal launches scheme for TB patients, January 15, 2012, The Times of India TDR-TB claims 2, govt plays mute spectator, January 14, 2012, DNA TDR-TB haunting city since 2007, January 14, 2012, The Times of India TDR-TB threat: Ramdas says RGICD is ‘guessing’, January 12, 2012, Daily News and Analysis PCMC to hold urgent doctor’s meeting, January 8, 2012, Indian Express TB patients running from pillar to post for medicines, January 8, 2012, Hindustan Times New, deadlier form of TB hits India, January 7, 2012, The Times of India TB’s deadlier form arrives in Mumbai from Iran, January 7, 2012, Mumbai Mirror Killer TB strain rattles govt, civic officials, January 7, 2012, Hindustan Times TB? You can’t be positive, January 7, 2012, Times Crest UP wakes to drug-resistant TB challenge, January 4, 2012, The Times of India Drug resistant TB is 12 per cent among patients, January 3, 2012, The Hindu A plea from civil societies in India on behalf of the millions affected by TB, Partnership for TB December 2011  UK and Indian researchers unite to fight global tuberculosis epidemic, December 14, 2011, Healthcanal.com  Treating Latent Tuberculosis – Easier Therapy, Study, December 12, 2011, Medical News Today  Metro-TB link prompts search for solutions, December 12, 2011, Houston Chronicle  Scientists to develop new drug to treat tuberculosis, December 10, 2011, The Financial  Pregnant women and new mothers are 70 times more likely to get tuberculosis, December 9, 2011, Daily Mail  Vaccine targeting latent TB enters 1st phase of clinical testing, December 1st , 2011, www.newkerala.com November 2011  ‘Legal’ push for illegal TB kits in India, November 29 2011, The Pioneer Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB, November 29, 2011, Down to Earth Tackling TB with technology, November 23rd 2011, The Guardian AIDS, TB, Malaria fund forced to cut grants, November 23rd 2011, Reuters New times, new tactics: broadening the argument for TB vaccine development, November 21st 2011, www.keycorrespondents.org Popular test likely behind drug resistance of TB bacterium, November 21st 2011, The Indian Express   Home | Media Fellowships | Media Awards | Short Film Competition | Workshops & Events | Resources for Journalists | Open Space ©2011 - media4tb.org Number 9/5, Second floor, State Bank Street, Off Mount Road, Chennai 600002 | Ph: +91-44-28610332 | Email: reach4tb@gmail.com