Impatient Optimists
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Ashok Kumar

Title Director General
Organization India's Central TB Division

Dr. Ashok Kumar is the Director General of India’s Central TB Division, and presently holds the post of Dy. Director General & Head, Central TB Division & Project Director of India’s national TB control program.

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India Takes Leadership on TB

March 23, 2012 / Gopi Gopalakrishnan, Ashok Kumar, Peter Small

"Has it been two weeks?" So asks Brother Sputum (Bulgham Bhai) in India’s new TB awareness campaign.

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