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India's Leprosy Paradox: 20 Years After 'Elimination', 1 Child Diagnosed Every 2 Hours

Why India Still Reports 60% of Global Leprosy Cases

India declared leprosy eliminated in 2005, yet reports 100,000 new cases yearly. With 4,722 child cases in 2024-25, experts point to late detection and lack of child-friendly drugs as major hurdles to true eradication.

IIT Bombay Study Reveals Why Dormant TB Evades Drugs, Offers New Hope

IIT Bombay finds why dormant TB resists antibiotics

IIT Bombay and Monash University research uncovers how TB's dormant state creates a rigid membrane barrier against drugs. The discovery could make existing antibiotics more effective against the persistent disease. Read the full breakthrough.

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