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Renewed TB Treatment Efforts in Mumbai

June 20, 2012

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Tuberculosis (TB) is the single largest infectious disease in the world. India sees an estimated two million new cases a year and 1,000 deaths a day due to the disease. Within India, Mumbai has the most cases, and 15% of all deaths (nearly 9,000 people) in the city were caused by TB in 2010. This [...]