Tackling TB with an app to ease treatment protocols

By REVATHI MURUGAPPAN

The app is intended for TB patients and healthcare workers. — Photos: Prof VIMALA BALAKRISHNAN

Tuberculosis (TB) cases are on the rise globally.

It is now the world’s leading infectious disease killer after Covid-19 displaced its position briefly during the pandemic.

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