For 67-year-old Faizan Khan, who used to work as a plumber in Mumbai suburb Thane, swallowing multiple pills for the treatment of tuberculosis was a living nightmare. But a friend of his had developed drug-resistant or DR-TB and succumbed to it after he could not cope with the extensive medication. And so Khan persevered with his own treatment.
Hope flared for Khan and others suffering like him in mid-August, as the Government of India approved the rollout of a new TB regimen. Of a shorter duration-six months-and comprising just three oral drugs, the BPaL line of treatment hopes to potentially improve patient compliance and hence reduce the risk associated with MDR (multi-drug resistant) TB. However, twice in less than a yearAugust 2023 and March 2024-there have been mass-scale reports of drug shortages for weeks. And halting treatment due to the unavailability of drugs increases the risk of TB becoming resistant to these drugs. So, what is the way out?
A Killer Bacterium
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Screaming Success
Now Funny, Now Scary, This Genre Has Come Of Age In Hindi Cinema, Pulling In Audiences And Monster Returns At The Box Office
KING OF FRUITS
Sopan Joshi's Mangifera indica: A Biography of the Mango is an immersive, behind-the-scenes look at the world's most delicious fruit
HAVING THE LAST WORD
Writer, politician and wordsmith Shashi Tharoor is out with a book of essays celebrating the magical world of words
Indian Encore
The legendary tenor Plácido Domingo will be in Mumbai with the opera competition Operalia, which makes its debut in India
Charismatic Cat
Peppered with stunning illustrations, Caracal: An Intimate History of a Mysterious Cat is a deeply moving and meticulously researched account of the elusive felid
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
After a pandemic-induced hiatus, actor Sharvari is riding high with several back-to-back releases-from Munjya to Maharaj and Vedaa
Trial by Fire
Hounded by allegations of conflict of interest in the Adani probe and rising discontent among her own staff, the Sebi chief has much to answer for-and disclose
WE WILL ROCK YOU
India's winter concert season is looking great, with leading international stars and bands set to captivate audiences
PK WALKS THE BIG POLL TALK
Prashant Kishor, the ace of the backroom, joins the battle for Bihar with lofty ambitions. Can his armoury of new ideas upset the old equations?
LORD of the ROLES
VIKKANT MASSEY is nothing if not versatile, straddling the worlds of independent and commercial cinema with élan