A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases

Sustainability still a long way off, says Worldwatch

People from some overseas

Projections show a correlation between the use of biomass a cooking fuels and tuberculosis. The prevalence of the disease in memebers of household using biomass-based fuels increases, especially

Cooking smoke can increase the risk of catching tuberculosis

In Burma, there are an estimated 100,000 new tuberculosis cases each year. However, despite the crisis, the government is following the recommendations laid down by the World Health Organisation

Pakistan ranks fifth among countries most severely affected by tuberculosis in the world. This was

A three-day review and evaluation meeting of the National Tuberculosis Programme was held in Bhaktapur, Nepal, recently. The review meeting was held in connection with conducting the quarterly

CLONING TECHNOLOGY: Geron, the US-based biotechnology company specialising in embryo research has bought the Scottish cloning technology that led to Dolly the sheep. The company aims to clone patients' cells to produce specialised tissues for transplantation. Geron is issuing about US $28 million of new shares to buy Roslin Bio-Med, a private company set up in 1998 to commercialise cloning research. Ian Wilmut, the scientist in charge of Roslin's cloning programme said Scottish science would benefit through Geron's research funding.

DELHI'S 30,000 quacks are primarily responsible for the rapid spread of the Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (TB). According to Rajesh Chawla, a chest specialist and president of the Delhi Medical