The ‘missing millions’

The Missing Millions: A Threat to the Elimination of Leprosy

Leprosy is a slow, chronic disease with a long incubation period caused byMycobacterium leprae. The clinical presentation varies across a wide spectrum from tuberculoid to lepromatous leprosy. The condition is characterized by skin lesions and damage to peripheral nerves leading to physical disability and social problems. The past 50–60 years have witnessed remarkable progress in the fight agai...

Testing and Treating the Missing Millions with Tuberculosis

In a Guest Editorial on World TB Day, Madhukar Pai and Puneet Dewan identify programmatic and policy changes needed to end TB by 2035.

The Forgotten Millions

Millions of chronic mentally sick are living in this country without proper care. Human rights of most of these patients both for treatment and for leading a life of dignity have been seriously abrogated. This oration discusses the extent of the problem & reviews the won\ done in this area in India and abroad. Major emphasis is to develop a programme for destigmatization of mental illness and t...

Calculus Reform — For the Millions

About twenty years ago I was part of a group of professors from many fields who met once a month for dinner and an after-dinner talk given by one of the members. It was entertaining to hear glimpses of legal issues, historical problems, discussions of what freedom meant in different cultures. But then I had to give one of these talks! I was working on algebraic geometry then, and I tried to fig...

Calculus Reform—For the $Millions