In this episode our senior editor Bhavani nivetha talks to Dr. Senjuti Saha, Deputy executive director at child health research foundation, Bangladesh about her new research on Incidence of respiratory syncytial virus infections among children in rural Bangladesh. The conversation covers what inspired the research, highlights key insights, discusses policy implications and future research directions for addressing respiratory syncytial virus infection in the country.

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Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

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In this episode our senior editor Apoorva Dharmendra talks to Dr. Ashish Kumar, A Professor and Senior Consultant of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and of the Diabetes and Liver Interest Group (India) about his new research on the burden of liver fibrosis among people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in India .The conversation covers what inspired this research, the key insights from the study, and how the findings can shape policy and practice around this growing clinical concern (TB) elimination in the country. Join us for this episode as we explore the burden advanced liver disease in diabetes mellitus.

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Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

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In this episode our senior editor Bhavani nivetha talks to Dr. Kunchok Dorjee, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine about his new research on comprehensive tuberculosis screening and preventive treatment in congregate settings of India. The conversation covers what inspired this research, the key insights from the study, and how the findings can shape policy for Tuberculosis (TB) elimination in the country. Join us for this special World Tuberculosis Day episode as we explore how TB preventive treatment could play a transformative role in India’s TB elimination efforts. Read the full article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00010-7/fulltext

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Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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