Nine Lives: Indian women with tuberculosis speak out

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"Isn`t it worrying that even today we don`t know the exact number of multidrug resistant TB cases in this country? The book Nine Lives by Chapal Mehra documents the journey of nine women survivors of tuberculosis.
So I wasn?t going to let TB stop me especially when life had so much to offer!? Nandita, 26, MumbaiIndia is the tuberculosis (TB) capital of the world.
The WHO also estimates that roughly 40% of India`s population has latent tuberculosis - where they are infected with the M.
tuberculosis virus, but do not have active TB disease.
Image copyright Rohit Saha"What we need is support, empathy and encouragement for TB patients.