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India has a large underweight population with TB – and the Covid-19 crisis is only making it worse The country needs to fast track direct benefit transfer payments and clear the backlog to ensure tuberculosis patients are not left in a lurch. Undernutrition continues to challenge TB patients, both while treatment and after. | Arun Sankar/AFP When India announced a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, a concern was echoed throughout the country: how will those who need to step out to earn money every day, sustain themselves? As Covid-19 grips the headlines, we often forget that India has one of the largest underweight populations in the world. In some states, these statistics are extremely grim. We often forget that while low weight is a classic symptom of poverty, it is also one of tuberculosis, a disease associated with the wasting away of fat and muscle. Being underweight is both a cause and a consequence of TB. ....