Hi-tech TB treatment offers hope in India

Nano patch could help alleviate tuberculosis epidemic that kills about 300,000 people per year in country.

Tuberculosis is still a major killer in India, despite a widespread control programme. According to the World Health Organisation, about 300,000 people die every year from the disease.

But a new hi-tech treatment, involving a nano patch, has been developed and could help save more lives in the country.

Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports from Mumbai.

Source: Al Jazeera