The war on TB – The Hindu (Nov 2, 2017)

The war on TB – The Hindu (Nov 2, 2017)

There is a glimmer of hope with India registering a slight drop in the number of new tuberculosis cases and TB deaths in 2016 compared with 2015. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. surveillance (noun) – close watch/view, monitoring, observation
2. inadequate (adjective) – insufficient, not enough, deficient.
3. glimmer (noun) – trace, faint sign, gleam.
4. incidence (noun) – occurrence, prevalence, commonness.
5. interim (adjective) – provisional, temporary, short-term.
6. mortality (noun) – (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate of death.
7. hinge on (verb) – be dependent, be contingent, be based.
8. mandatory (adjective) – obligatory, compulsory, binding.
9. rifampicin (noun) – it is also known as rifampin, an antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections (tuberculosis, leprosy and Legionnaire’s disease).
10. enrol (verb) – register, enter, join.
11. baby step (noun) – a very small step/act in a challenging process.
12. pulmonary (adjective) – relating to the lungs.

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