-Scroll.in Complex livestock production systems in countries like India safeguard entire economies, societies and ecosystems. Amid growing calls to “reboot food” and shift to plant-based and lab-grown diets, world leaders failed to address the climate and livestock debate at COP27 – the United Nations 27th Climate Conference held in Egypt from November 6-20. Drawing from the report “Are livestock always bad for the planet?”, published by the Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience or PASTRES...
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Is India on track in reducing TB incidence and deaths?
Like the fight against poverty and hunger, the progress made by mankind against tuberculosis (TB) in the years up to 2019 has either slowed, stalled, or reversed, and global TB targets are off track due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Globally, although the reported number of people newly diagnosed with TB decreased from 7.1 million to 5.8 million between 2019 and 2020, the number went up to 6.4 million in 2021....
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-Newsclick.in As per recent estimates, TB is killing approximately THRee times as many people as COVID-19 every day. Patna: Tuberculosis is one of the most lethal infectious diseases on the rise after the fears and deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic have come down. As per the latest report by TB Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation, HIV/AIDS is back in second place, and TB is in first place. “A few years back, tuberculosis overtook...
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