Tuberculosis is curable, but in India it continues to kill one person every minute.
With a predilection for the breadwinners of families, this disease pushes many families deeper into poverty, ravaging much more than its victims' individual health. Tuberculosis is truly an economic as well as a public health burden. Yet it strikes 2 million people each year in our country exacting a toll higher than many tropical diseases put together. The transmission, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis are well characterized. Powerful anti-tuberculosis drugs have been available for half a century.