Reach in the News
This page chronicles news reports on REACH as well as articles by REACH staff.
World TB Day
End stigma and discrimination to end TB, by REACH’s Anupama Srinivasan, published in The Hindu, March 23
Tuberculosis survivors turn saviours, by REACH’s Rashmika Majumdar, The New Indian Express, March 28
Reach launches campaign to fight stigma surrounding TB patients, News Today, March 24
World TB Day: Awareness on behalf of REACH NGO, broadcast on Cauvery News Channel, March 24
World Tuberculosis Day observed in Baharagora and Chakulia, Avenue Mail, March 25
State has a long road ahead in fight against tuberculosis, The Hindu, March 24
Shaking off the stigma, The Hindu, March 24
One woman’s decade-long fight against TB stigma, The Hindu Metroplus, March 25
There are 198 TB cases in 1 lakh population in TN, says doctor, News Today, March 23
Integrate TB services with primary health system: Lancet, The Hindu, March 21
India must ‘quadruple spending’ on TB care, The Hindu Businessline, March 20
Actor Suhasini Maniratnam launches campaign to end stigma against people with TB & Pillbox-cum-adherance support device launched for TB patients, Pillar Times, Alwarpet Times, Chromepet Times, Mudichur Times, Adambakkam Times, Kilpauk Times, March 24-30 edition
Support device launched for TB patients, Rajasthan Patrika, March 24
Suhasini Maniratnam speaks about her TB battle to help end stigma, The Times of India, March 24
General
Tuberculosis champions of Kalinga Survivors Network take out rallies in Bhubaneswar, The New Indian Express, December 16, 2018
TB treatment in India: How technology is helping end the menace, The Financial Express, November 9
NGOs call for funds to eliminate tuberculosis, The Hindu, February 7, 2019
Assam tea garden launches innovative TB-free model garden programme, Northeast Now, November 01, 2018
TB survivors form support group in Assam, The Telegraph, July 12, 2018
In a first, app for Tuberculosis patients to be launched, The New Indian Express, June 24, 2018
NGO’s effort improves TB reporting patterns, The Hindu, February 22, 2018
Opinion: 4 ways to integrate diabetes care into India’s health networks, Devex, August 02, 2017
‘Nurses play a major role in TB treatment’, The Hindu July 07, 2017
Focus on eradication of TB, The Hindu, June 11, 2017
More than one million TB patients in India lack adequate nutrition, Hindustan Times, May 12, 2017
Group of tuberculosis survivors asks government to allot more money to fight the disease, Hindustan Times, May 11, 2017
TB Survivors form national coalition, The Hindu, May 10, 2017
TB cases in private sector are under reported: Expert, The Hindu, March 25, 2017
REACH announced Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik as its new Ambassador for fight against TB, Odisha Diary, March 24, 2017
India has a drug-resistant tuberculosis crisis but lacks the right tools to detect cases, Scroll, March 24, 2017
‘Gender-sensitive TB measures needed’, The Hindu, March 11, 2017
REACH, USAID call for integrating gender in India’s TB programmes, DNA, March 10, 2017
Special programme to fight TB, The New Indian Express, December 18. 2016
Awards for excellence in TB reporting, March 21, 2014
‘Disease and the cure: framing tuberculosis‘, The Hindu, March 27, 2013
‘Advocacy efforts for improving TB services in Tamil Nadu’, Citizen News Services, March 2013
‘Not patients, but agents of change: Nevin Wilson’s TB Day message’, The Hindu, 25 September 2012 (Chennai)
‘Soon, pharmacists to turn counselors for TB patients’, The Times of India, 14 September 2012 (Chennai)
‘Pharmacies to be engaged in TB control’, The Hindu, 14 September 2012 (Chennai)
‘Project Axshya – Creating Waves About Tuberculosis Via Community Radio’, The Better India, 25 June 2012
‘Journalists must keep TB alive in the public domain’, 24 March 2012, The Hindu (New Delhi)
‘Talking TB in the park’, 20 March 2012, The Hindu (Chennai)
‘Reaching out to help patients‘, 18 September 2011, The Hindu (Chennai)
‘Reaching out to help patients‘, 18 September 2011, The Hindu (Chennai)
“Eradicate social stigma attached to tuberculosis” , 23 March 2011, The Hindu (New Delhi)
Speaking up to stop TB‘, 14 February 2010, The Hindu (Chennai)
‘TB bigger killer than a tsunami’, 21 November 2009, The Hindu (Bangalore)
‘Every second Indian is a TB bacteria carrier’, 2 July 2009, Business Line (Thiruvananthapuram)
New campaign against tuberculosis launched, 2 July 2009, The Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
‘Early start vital in TB control’ You can play a part, 21 June 2009, The Hindu (Bangalore)
State’s tuberculosis cure rate `one of the highest’ in country, 26 March 2006, The Hindu (Chennai)
Social workers honoured for helping tuberculosis patients, 10 October 2005, The Hindu (Chennai)
Film on TB awareness, 19 January 2005, The Hindu (Chennai)
NCC awareness campaign on TB from today, 4 May 2004, The Hindu (Chennai)
‘Private sector has key role in tackling TB’, 17 September 2003, The Hindu (Chennai)
`Volunteers needed for anti-TB campaign’, 25 March 2003, The Hindu (Chennai)
For a disease- free dawn, 24 March 2003, The Hindu Metro Plus (Chennai)
Reaching out, 24 March 2002, The Hindu Sunday Magazine
