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After suffering a family tragedy, Mack Phillips spirals into a deep depression causing him to question his innermost beliefs.

We must bequeath good air to our next generation...

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service) Shobha Shukla, CNS (L), Dr Chitra Chandrashekar (R) [ audio podcast ] [ video ] So said award-winning Dr Chitra Chandrashekar , Director of  Dr Iravatham’s Clinical Laboratory, Hyderabad. I met her in Mumbai during NAPCON 2016 and was struck by her modesty and her passion for working in the field of TB. Chitra spoke with CNS (Citizen News Service) about her study titled 'Host susceptibility to Mycobacteria and Transmission dynamics' , related to the transmission dynamics of TB, which won her the prestigious Professor OA Sarma Oration Award at NAPCON 2016. Listen or download this audio podcast   Watch this video interview Here is what Dr Chitra Chandrashekar shared: “ It is important to know why TB transmission continues unabated in high burden countries like India, despite there being tools to control it. My study investigated TB transmission dynamics and associated risk factors in the micro environment of urban slums, which are ...