Executive summary Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented, and cured. Rapid, sustained
declines in tuberculosis deaths in many countries during the past 50 years provide …

Background Tuberculosis (TB) case notification rates are usually higher in men than in
women, but notification data are insufficient to measure sex differences in disease burden …

The cascade of care is a model for evaluating patient retention across sequential stages of
care required to achieve a successful treatment outcome. This approach was first used to …

Enhanced crop growth and yield are the recurring concerns in agricultural field, considering
the soaring world population and climate change. Abiotic stresses are one of the major …

India is currently exposed to high levels of ambient and household air pollutants.
Respiratory adverse effects of air pollution are significant contributors to morbidity and …

Objective This study aims to further quantify evidence of the association between exposure
to indoor air pollution (IAP), tobacco smoke etc., on the one hand and the risk of contracting …

Background Patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) face challenges
adhering to medications, given that treatment is prolonged and has a high rate of adverse …

Abstract The Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program was started in India in 1997.
There has been no nationwide survey to assess the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis …

Background: 99DOTS is a cell phone–based strategy for monitoring tuberculosis (TB)
medication adherence that has been rolled out to more than 150,000 patients in India's …

Summary Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCD risk factors, such as
smoking, increase the risk for tuberculosis (TB). Data are scarce on the risk of prevalent TB …