India still houses 24 percent of the world’s tuberculosis (TB) affected population. This figure has recently come back into the public mind on World TB Day, observed annually on March 24th. India has more tuberculosis patients than any other country in the world, with 480,000 to 500,000 Indians dying of the disease yearly. In an exclusive …
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Caesarean sections are on the rise in India, provoking concerns that doctors are performing the procedure excessively. The rate of caesarean sections in India has risen sixfold in the past twenty years and doubled in the last decade, reports The Wire. “In some states like Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala, Goa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil …
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