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Partnerships should be based on solidarity and trust
Monday, 2 April 2018, 10:54 am | CNS
Partnerships should be based on solidarity and trust, and not on greed Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) Partnerships that are critically important to progress towards a better world where a just social order is a reality for everyone, must ... More >>
Migrants trapped in quagmire
Thursday, 29 March 2018, 1:43 pm | CNS
Migrants trapped in quagmire: Neglected by their own country, mistreated by the host country Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) This pretty well sums up the pathetic situation in which many migrants find themselves today. And while immigration refers ... More >>
She stood up to defeat TB
Saturday, 24 March 2018, 12:38 pm | CNS
She stood up to defeat TB Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) (CNS): The youngest of 3 sisters, Ingrid Schoeman grew up in Pretoria and later started working as a dietician in a government hospital in Port Elizabeth in Eastern Cape Province of ... More >>
Research Is Not A Luxury, But A Necessity to End TB
Tuesday, 21 November 2017, 9:26 am | CNS
More than 1000 participants, including the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, ministers from over 75 countries, donors, researchers, civil society representatives, and other stakeholders, had met at the first-ever "WHO Global Ministerial Conference ... More >>
Applied Health Research Vital to End Tuberculosis
Friday, 10 November 2017, 10:29 am | CNS
"Excellence in health means devoting your life to ending poverty" said physician and comedian Patch Adams many years ago, but these words have gained even more relevance in the current context and development paradigm. More >>
Two Novel TB Drugs Move into Human Studies
Thursday, 12 October 2017, 8:45 am | CNS
On the eve of the 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health, being held in Guadalajara, Mexico, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) announced the ongoing Phase-1 clinical studies for two new drugs for TB treatment, developed by it. More >>
Spice it up with cinnamon to tackle metabolic syndrome
Friday, 30 June 2017, 2:47 pm | CNS
Spice it up with cinnamon to tackle metabolic syndrome Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS Photograph is online at: http://bit.ly/cinnamoncns Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur due to imbalance of the body’s structural ... More >>
Fuel your heart and power your life...
Sunday, 25 September 2016, 12:19 am | CNS
Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) Image is online at: http://bit.ly/2dmdimW This is the message of the World Heart Federation for this year’s World Heart Day, which is observed on September 29 every year to raise awareness about cardiovascular ... More >>
Responding to unheeded needs of the ageing populations
Saturday, 10 September 2016, 9:45 pm | CNS
Moving beyond stereotypes: Responding to unheeded needs of the ageing populations Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) • Photograph of Dr John Beard, Director WHO Department of ageing is online at: http://bit.ly/2c7P4kb • Interview podcast ... More >>
Battling with three diseases and still going strong
Saturday, 23 July 2016, 12:27 pm | CNS
(Based on an exclusive interview given by Nqobile Zungu, and her doctor Dr Samele Madela to CNS – Citizen News Service) More >>
Call to kick polluters out of climate talks
Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 9:24 am | CNS
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A mantra to end TB
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:39 am | CNS
So said Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Tuberculosis Programme, in an interview given to Citizen News Service (CNS) at the ongoing 5th Asia Pacific Region Conference on Lung Health of the International Union ... More >>
Early diagnosis of drug resistance is crucial to ending TB
Saturday, 1 August 2015, 12:10 pm | CNS
Despite being treatable, TB remains a major global public health problem. As Dr Mario Raviglione, Director Global Tuberculosis Programme of WHO, informed, in 2013, 9 million people fell ill with TB in; 1.5 million men, women and children died from it; 480,000 ... More >>
Long walk to justice: Transgender voices from across India
Saturday, 11 July 2015, 12:25 pm | CNS
I had been there at the 1st National Hijra Habba in 2012. Witnessing the Third National Transgender Hijra Habba in 2015 was indeed a humbling experience as lot of water has flown during these 3 years. From 30 community participants in 2012, the number ... More >>
"A woman of substance": Kalawati
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 7:47 am | CNS
Kalawati comes from a family of small farmers. Hers is a ‘joint and happy family’ where she lives with her husband, 1 daughter, 2 sons, 1 daughter-in-law and 1 granddaughter. Her postgraduate sons working outside the village are doing fairly well and have ... More >>
Growing support against corporate capture of climate policy
Sunday, 14 June 2015, 10:28 am | CNS
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Will countries 'walk the talk' to end the tobacco epidemic?
Sunday, 31 May 2015, 11:11 am | CNS
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Stop water privatisation and strengthen public water supply
Saturday, 13 December 2014, 11:53 am | CNS
Stop water privatisation and strengthen public water supply A new report by Corporate Accountability International uncovers how the World Bank uses ponzi-style marketing tactics to sell privatization projects around the globe that it is also positioned ... More >>
A miracle treatment for TB is a near possibility
Friday, 25 July 2014, 3:37 pm | CNS
Two years after launching a first of its kind Combination Drug Study for TB treatment in 2010, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) raised hopes of a novel drug regimen to treat both forms of TB—drug sensitive (DS) and multi drug ... More >>
Tobacco use a big ‘No’ for people with TB and diabetes
Saturday, 5 July 2014, 10:32 am | CNS
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