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- World Health Organization. Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB). Report of the 10th meeting www.who.int/tb/advisory_bodies/stag_tb_report_2010.pdf
- Let’s count our blessings: successes of India’s tuberculosis (TB) programme www.citizen-news.org/2011/01/lets-count-our-blessings-successes-of.html
- India must lead the way in developing new diagnostic tools for TB www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article963222.ece
- Journalists Against TB www.journalistsagainsttb.wordpress.com