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In 2005, I took a strategic decision. Much as I loved surgery, I shifted my focus to Tuberculosis, (TB). While I faced criticism and jeers from my colleagues and other NGOs, I quickly realized my [...]

As a young medical student in the 70s, I dreamt of becoming a surgeon. Everything about surgery fascinated me: the long hours, the sleepless nights, the unmistakable adrenalin rush and sense of [...]

Paediatric TB is an area of my personal interest. The reason is that this is a truly neglected area. Children with TB are living in shadows; hidden from the world. Their voices are not heard, [...]

The year, 1956. The place, UNESCO Water Insitute in Delft, Netherlands. The time, early morning. The occasion, the annual examination for those graduating from this prestigious university, after [...]

DR-TB is a form of TB where the causative organism and hence the patient does not respond to the basic First line medication. DR-TB is one of the leading preventable causes of untold misery, [...]

That night Hamida tasted blood again. It began as a cough, a slow, lingering and painful cough, which suddenly became tearing and explosive. She felt as if her chest would tear apart and her [...]

Also published by Center for Health Market Innovations. The phrase “bottom of the pyramid” was first used by U.S. President Roosevelt, and later by Professors C.K. Prahlad and Stuart L. Hart. [...]

I land in Cambodia with great excitement in my heart, and not a little trepidation. It’s a balmy evening, the very air is heavy with unknown scents, and there are trees all around the [...]

Long years have passed, but I still remember Potla.  This was 1978. The place was the Tuberculosis ward of King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, where I was a 2nd year medical student, newly [...]