Small-pox: An enormous burden that was relieved in 1980
Index Home Small-pox had a high mortality, a third of all infected would die. Survivors would become blind, and carry a scarred face for life. Every infected person would have fever,…
Malaria in postage stamps, A 1962 story
Index Home Malaria is an infection, caused by a tiny bug - Plasmodium and its species. This bug enters human body by a mosquito-bite and multiplies, leading to fever. Bug also…
Leprosy: Saga of an eternal discrimination
Index Home First day cover from Malagasy (Madagascar) issued 30th January 1966, World Leprosy Day Leprosy is an infection, affecting skin and the nerves. We discovered organism causing this infection, Mycobacterium…
History of Pharmacy: to make, produce and dispense
Index Home When physicians were their own pharmacists Most ancient physicians formulated their own remedies, and dispensed them too. Physicians and their family members held on to recipes as a closely…
Fundraising for Tuberculosis elimination
Index Home Need for Fundraising Discovery of TB-bacillus in 1882 was a landmark event. Excited by this discovery, next ask was to find a cure. Individuals who contracted TB included rich…
Tuberculosis: A wasting illness
Index Home TB: A wasting affection of the Lungs Tuberculosis (also known as TB), is a disease with devastating health, social, economic and cultural consequences. Greeks called it pthisis, and Romans…