Chapal Mehra

Chapal Mehra is a Public Health Specialist and independent writer who works with TB survivors. He is the Convener of Survivors Against TB

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Building trust in vaccines

Chapal Mehra
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In India’s response, a communications failure

Chapal Mehra
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TB and Coronavirus: A curable and incurable crisis

Chapal Mehra
The study, published in Lancet, states none of the pharmacies mapped in Mumbai, Delhi and Patna dispensed first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs. —FILE PHOTO: MOHAMMED YOUSUF
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The TB time bomb

March 19, 2017
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The importance of listening to patients

April 5, 2016
UNDER SCAN: “India has close to 1,00,000 cases of drug-resistant TB, most of which remain undiagnosed and untreated. So India’s state of preparedness to fight DR TB remains questionable.” Picture shows an X-ray result of a TB patient.
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Spluttering against TB

February 14, 2016
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Why free medicines can transform TB management

November 10, 2015
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The who, what and where of Dadri

October 13, 2015
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For an approach oriented to patients

March 24, 2015
“Ebola has been endemic to the West Africa region for almost two decades. Yet, the ability of this region to address this disease, or any other, remains severely limited.” Picture shows Nowa Paye, 9, as she is taken to an ambulance after showing signs of Ebola infection in the village of Freeman Reserve, about 30 miles north of Monrovia, Liberia.
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A year of man-made health crises

December 30, 2014
ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL CRISIS: There are 2.2 million new cases and close to 3,00,000 deaths each year according to the Government of India’s TB India 2014 report. Picture shows the x-ray of a patient in New Delhi suffering from both TB and HIV.
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Fighting India’s silent epidemic

October 13, 2014
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