Tuberculosis — India
Sikkim has emerged as the next big concern on India’s already riddled tuberculosis [TB] map with 11 percent of the new tuberculosis cases in the state found to be multi-drug-resistant (MDR), a figure almost on par with the country’s TB capital, Mumbai. In the rest of India, multi-drug resistance in new TB cases is pegged at around 2 percent.
The Sikkim government held a meeting with various health agencies last week and is drawing up a plan to tackle the concern. “Recently, we held a
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