Ep 14: Treating TB is hard, it is worse if you are a woman
TB is also a highly stigmatised disease making it very difficult for patients enduring treatment. In this episode, we look…
Gasping For Breath is a deep-dive reported narrative podcast series on tuberculosis in India. It is India’s first podcast on tuberculosis hosted by senior health journalist Menka Rao.
TB is also a highly stigmatised disease making it very difficult for patients enduring treatment. In this episode, we look…
The private sector treats about 70% of TB patients. In this episode, we go to Patna which is successfully running…
India has the highest number of patients suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis in the world. However, the access to newer TB…
In this episode, we travel to Manipur and understand the risks of TB infection with the drug user community. The…
The Joint Monitoring Mission recently visited Kerala and were all praises for its work in TB control with aims to…
All it takes is a big box which cannot go unnoticed to stir a conversation about what’s in/on it. In…
In this episode, we speak to human rights activist, Allan Maleche from Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV…
In this special episode, Suno India editor, Padma Priya, brings an interview with Nandita Venkatesan, one of the founders of…
This episode will describe the various problems faced by both patients and doctors in diagnosing TB. TB is tough to…
In this episode, we historically trace the importance of nutrition for the treatment of tuberculosis which disappeared as soon as…
Bad housing is one of the major drivers in the spread of TB. In this episode, we talk to experts…
“A new drug to treat tuberculosis -petromanid- was approved by the USFDA last week. In this special episode of the…
This episode talks about the emergence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in India. This emergence coincided with the launch of Directly Observed…
In this first episode of ‘Gasping for Breath’, India’s first podcast on state of tuberculosis and it’s treatment in India,…