Under nutrition accounts for almost 55 % of india's yearly tube colossus cases. The medicines prescribed for teb patients aren't like your everyday parasitamal or any other o t c drugs. Many patients who belong to poorer sections of society stop their treatment because heir bodies are severely malnourished. With nearly one person dying of t b every minute in the country, hopefully we can end the scourge of t b soon enough.
In today's episode for 12th September 2022, we talk about India's battle against Tuberculosis and how the government intends to fight it.