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Sankaran Sivarama Nair
Sankaran Sivarama Nair
A Luminary in Tuberculosis Control in India, Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
New Delhi
India
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Short Communication
Why Tuberculosis Has Not Been Eradicated? Need for Vision and Bold Innovative Research
Author(s): Sankaran Sivarama NairSankaran Sivarama Nair
Tuberculosis has not been eradicated despite advancements in science. Main reason is that research and its utilization have gone into a deep rut because of lack of vision and innovation. Knowledge about epidemiology of tuberculosis is patchy. Some paradoxes and unanswered questions have been highlighted. Finding explanations for these is essential to eradicate tuberculosis. Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis need overhauling. A systematic review is needed to identify facts, myths and gaps in knowledge about all these. Thereafter, new types of research which can answer relevant questions are essential to find explanations for many paradoxes and unanswered questions and to remove lacunae in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis because many decades of present type of research have failed. Only thinking out of the box and carrying out bold innovative resear.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/2155-9627.1000295