The Characteristics and Patterns of Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Eastern India.

Background: Drug-resistant tuberculosis is a major public health problem throughout the world and accounts for substantial morbidity and mortality rates in India, too. Early diagnosis is the corner stone of tuberculosis treatment. State-level and cluster-wise variations in drug resistance is a possibility and should be regularly checked in from time to time.

Community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in India: new evidence from Bihar.

Background: An estimated one-third of the world's children who are wasted live in India. In Bihar state, of children <5 y old, 27.1% are wasted and 8.