Tuberculosis -- India
From 2 deaths every 3 minutes to having the highest tuberculosis burden in the world, most surveys related to TB in India throw a startling number. And here is one more: close to 9 percent of all paediatric tuberculosis patients are resistant to rifampicin, one of the 1st-line drugs used in the treatment of the infectious disease. This is 6 percent more than what was previously estimated, a study covering 4 metros in the country has found.
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