Corner Shops Double as TB Clinics in India
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Officials estimate 1.8 million Indians develop the disease every year, of whom 800,000 are infectious, the highest incidence in the world.
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The World Bank is spending far less on proven methods to combat tuberculosis in Africa than in India, China and Russia, according to a report by an advocacy group.
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The government has set out its action plan for tackling the rise in tuberculosis cases.
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A 30-year-old woman infected with a hard-to-treat form of tuberculosis is recovering at a Bay Area hospital, as health officials search for dozens of international air passengers who may have come in contact with her as she traveled back from India.
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Simultaneous infection with both HIV and TB is spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, researchers say.
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[Health India]: New York, Dec 14 : A promising and possibly the most potent tuberculosis (TB) drug in 40 years is soon to be tested on patients of the disease that kills over two million people every year.
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Operation to track down passengers who flew on same flights as man with rare TB strain.
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A Delhi clinic is offering hope to the desperately ill. But the medical establishment is not convinced.
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STAFF CORRESPONDENT; Staff writers Kathy Kerr, Earl Lane, and wire service reports contributed to this story. LIVERPOOL, England - At a health clinic off Penny Lane, the street made famous
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The grants aim to test the idea that diseases such as trachoma and hookworm, which largely afflict the rural poor, can be tackled together more effectively than one at a time.
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One school of thought would provide alternative development aid locally. The other focuses on prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - Health officials in western India are distributing condoms outside cinema halls screening illegal pornographic films, to promote safe sex and curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases like HIV/AIDS.
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The Caritas Medical Centre situated in Shamshuipo, Hong Kong has activated infectious disease procedures following the admission of four more children with respiratory illness symptoms.
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Indian outsourcing companies are hiring workers and opening offices in other developing countries.
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This is India's version of sex in  the city. A rare sex museum in Mumbai, the country's teeming  financial capital, is drawing hundreds of prostitutes and their  regular clients who say they learn more about HIV/AIDS from its  graphic exhibits than staid lectures on safe sex.
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Europe's first centre to fight multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is opened in the Latvian capital Riga.
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Urgent action is needed to deal with the rise in TB cases after rates in some parts of the UK doubled, doctors say.