Getting the better of tuberculosis

In 2016 alone about 2.79 mn new cases of TB were detected in India and over 420,000 people lost their lives to the disease

On January 13, India completed seven years without detecting a single case of the wild polio virus. India was once described as one of the most challenging places in the world to eradicate polio. Yet, with visionary and innovative planning, an intensive vaccination campaign and large-scale community engagement, the nation made astounding progress against the disease and was declared polio-free in March 2014. 

The key to this success was the involvement of not just the medical fraternity, but also the media, public figures, and community leaders. In a mammoth effort, over two million vaccine administrators identified vulnerable communities, targeted migrant families and