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	'''Zarir Udwadia''' (born 1960) is an [[India]]<nowiki/>n [[Pulmonology\|pulmonologist]] and researcher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43456442\|title=India's 'tuberculosis warrior'\|date=2018-03-24\|access-date=2019-08-25\|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-more-jabs-now-new-pills-to-treat-tb/articleshow/65446792.cms\|title=No more jabs, now new pills to treat TB {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India\|last=Aug 18\|first=Malathy Iyer {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2018\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=6:09}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/challenges-treating-drug-resistant-tb-india-170523133035639.html\|title=The challenges of treating drug-resistant TB in India\|last=Ubaid\|first=Mir\|website=www.aljazeera.com\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> His work on drug resistant [[tuberculosis]] has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/3/26/right-dose-right-chance-indias-battle-drug-resista/\|title=TB Online - The right dose, the right chance: India's battle with drug-resistant TB\|website=www.tbonline.info\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia was the only Indian invited by the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] to be part of the TB ‘Guidelines Group’, which formulated the 4th edition of the TB Guidelines, published in 2010.~~<ref name="Aug 18"/>~~<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/\|title='The Ticking Time Bomb': A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated from India\|date=2019-04-04\|website=The Better India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/dr-zarir-f-udwadia/\|title=Chest Physician in Mumbai - Dr Zarir F. Udwadia {{!}} P.D. Hinduja Hospital\|website=www.hindujahospital.com\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> He was also the only doctor to be named among India's best strategists.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/management-leaders/indias-best-strategists-15-dreamers-who-have-translated-their-insight-into-reality/the-big-healer/slideshow/22873998.cms\|title=India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into reality\|website=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>		'''Zarir Udwadia''' (born 1960) is an [[India]]<nowiki/>n [[Pulmonology\|pulmonologist]] and researcher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43456442\|title=India's 'tuberculosis warrior'\|date=2018-03-24\|access-date=2019-08-25\|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-more-jabs-now-new-pills-to-treat-tb/articleshow/65446792.cms\|title=No more jabs, now new pills to treat TB {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India\|last=Aug 18\|first=Malathy Iyer {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2018\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=6:09}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/challenges-treating-drug-resistant-tb-india-170523133035639.html\|title=The challenges of treating drug-resistant TB in India\|last=Ubaid\|first=Mir\|website=www.aljazeera.com\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> His work on drug resistant [[tuberculosis]] has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/3/26/right-dose-right-chance-indias-battle-drug-resista/\|title=TB Online - The right dose, the right chance: India's battle with drug-resistant TB\|website=www.tbonline.info\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia was the only Indian invited by the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] to be part of the TB ‘Guidelines Group’, which formulated the 4th edition of the TB Guidelines, published in 2010.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/\|title='The Ticking Time Bomb': A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated from India\|date=2019-04-04\|website=The Better India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/dr-zarir-f-udwadia/\|title=Chest Physician in Mumbai - Dr Zarir F. Udwadia {{!}} P.D. Hinduja Hospital\|website=www.hindujahospital.com\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18"/> He was also the only doctor to be named among India's best strategists.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/management-leaders/indias-best-strategists-15-dreamers-who-have-translated-their-insight-into-reality/the-big-healer/slideshow/22873998.cms\|title=India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into reality\|website=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>

	== Professional life ==		== Professional life ==
	Udwadia is a graduate of the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]], Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /> He spent five years training in the UK at various centres, including [[Royal Brompton Hospital\|Brompton Hospital]], London.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> He practices at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] and the [[Breach Candy Hospital]], in Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/zarir-udwadia/\|title=Dr.Zarir Udwadia\|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/scepticism-shrouds-india-s-tuberculosis-target/story-bcyM89SKSxBhtHXxNL9O2L.html\|title=Scepticism shrouds India's tuberculosis target\|date=2017-12-11\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Approximately 8,000 patients pass through his OPD annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://longitudeprize.org/people/dr-zarir-f-udwadia\|title=Dr Zarir F Udwadia {{!}} Longitude Prize\|website=longitudeprize.org\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://everylifecounts.ndtv.com/1-indian-dies-tuberculosis-every-minute-no-one-immune-says-expert-15867\|title=1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert\|last=Taneja\|first=Richa\|date=2017-08-01\|website=Everylifecounts.NDTV.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia established a Chest Medicine Department at the Hinduja Hospital in 1992, and the city’s first Sleep Laboratory in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> He serves on the editorial board of [[Thorax (journal)\|Thorax]], a respiratory medicine journal,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thorax.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/\|title=Editorial Board\|website=Thorax\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> and has authored over 140 publications.<ref name=":3" />		Udwadia is a graduate of the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]], Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /> He spent five years training in the UK at various centres, including [[Royal Brompton Hospital\|Brompton Hospital]], London.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> He practices at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] and the [[Breach Candy Hospital]], in Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/zarir-udwadia/\|title=Dr.Zarir Udwadia\|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/scepticism-shrouds-india-s-tuberculosis-target/story-bcyM89SKSxBhtHXxNL9O2L.html\|title=Scepticism shrouds India's tuberculosis target\|date=2017-12-11\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Approximately 8,000 patients pass through his OPD annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://longitudeprize.org/people/dr-zarir-f-udwadia\|title=Dr Zarir F Udwadia {{!}} Longitude Prize\|website=longitudeprize.org\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://everylifecounts.ndtv.com/1-indian-dies-tuberculosis-every-minute-no-one-immune-says-expert-15867\|title=1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert\|last=Taneja\|first=Richa\|date=2017-08-01\|website=Everylifecounts.NDTV.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia established a Chest Medicine Department at the Hinduja Hospital in 1992, and the city’s first Sleep Laboratory in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> He serves on the editorial board of [[Thorax (journal)\|Thorax]], a respiratory medicine journal,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thorax.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/\|title=Editorial Board\|website=Thorax\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> and has authored over 140 publications.<ref name=":3" />

	== Drug-Resistant tuberculosis ==		== Drug-Resistant tuberculosis ==
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	While the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] eventually said that defining resistance beyond XDR-TB was not recommended,<ref name=":5" /> Udwadia's research drew the attention of the medical community to the growing epidemic of drug-resistant TB.<ref name=":0" /> The coordinator of the WHO's [[Stop TB Partnership\|STOP TB]] department called his findings a wake up call.<ref name=":9" /> His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":1" /> The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.<ref name=":5" />		While the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] eventually said that defining resistance beyond XDR-TB was not recommended,<ref name=":5" /> Udwadia's research drew the attention of the medical community to the growing epidemic of drug-resistant TB.<ref name=":0" /> The coordinator of the WHO's [[Stop TB Partnership\|STOP TB]] department called his findings a wake up call.<ref name=":9" /> His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":1" /> The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.<ref name=":5" />

	He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mushtaq\|first=Ammara\|date=2018-11-01\|title=United to end tuberculosis\|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30416-8/abstract\|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine\|language=English\|volume=6\|issue=11\|pages=818–819\|doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30416-8\|issn=2213-2600\|pmid=30297271}}</ref> and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.~~<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7" />~~<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/health/multi-drug-resistant-tb-bedaquiline-deaths\|title=TB Killed Shreya Tripathi, But Her Death Could Have Been Avoided\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>		He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mushtaq\|first=Ammara\|date=2018-11-01\|title=United to end tuberculosis\|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30416-8/abstract\|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine\|language=English\|volume=6\|issue=11\|pages=818–819\|doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30416-8\|issn=2213-2600\|pmid=30297271}}</ref> and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/health/multi-drug-resistant-tb-bedaquiline-deaths\|title=TB Killed Shreya Tripathi, But Her Death Could Have Been Avoided\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":4" />

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	'''Zarir Udwadia''' (born 1960) is an [[India]]<nowiki/>n [[Pulmonology\|pulmonologist]] and researcher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43456442\|title=India's 'tuberculosis warrior'\|date=2018-03-24\|access-date=2019-08-25\|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-more-jabs-now-new-pills-to-treat-tb/articleshow/65446792.cms\|title=No more jabs, now new pills to treat TB {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India\|last=Aug 18\|first=Malathy Iyer {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2018\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=6:09}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/challenges-treating-drug-resistant-tb-india-170523133035639.html\|title=The challenges of treating drug-resistant TB in India\|last=Ubaid\|first=Mir\|website=www.aljazeera.com\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> His work on drug resistant [[tuberculosis]] has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/3/26/right-dose-right-chance-indias-battle-drug-resista/\|title=TB Online - The right dose, the right chance: India's battle with drug-resistant TB\|website=www.tbonline.info\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia was the only Indian invited by the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] to be part of the TB ‘Guidelines Group’, which formulated the 4th edition of the TB Guidelines, published in 2010.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/\|title='The Ticking Time Bomb': A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated from India\|date=2019-04-04\|website=The Better India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/dr-zarir-f-udwadia/\|title=Chest Physician in Mumbai - Dr Zarir F. Udwadia {{!}} P.D. Hinduja Hospital\|website=www.hindujahospital.com\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref~~><ref name="Aug 18"/~~> He was also the only doctor to be named among India's best strategists.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/management-leaders/indias-best-strategists-15-dreamers-who-have-translated-their-insight-into-reality/the-big-healer/slideshow/22873998.cms\|title=India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into reality\|website=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>		'''Zarir Udwadia''' (born 1960) is an [[India]]<nowiki/>n [[Pulmonology\|pulmonologist]] and researcher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43456442\|title=India's 'tuberculosis warrior'\|date=2018-03-24\|access-date=2019-08-25\|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-more-jabs-now-new-pills-to-treat-tb/articleshow/65446792.cms\|title=No more jabs, now new pills to treat TB {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India\|last=Aug 18\|first=Malathy Iyer {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated\|last2=2018\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26\|last3=Ist\|first3=6:09}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/challenges-treating-drug-resistant-tb-india-170523133035639.html\|title=The challenges of treating drug-resistant TB in India\|last=Ubaid\|first=Mir\|website=www.aljazeera.com\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> His work on drug resistant [[tuberculosis]] has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/3/26/right-dose-right-chance-indias-battle-drug-resista/\|title=TB Online - The right dose, the right chance: India's battle with drug-resistant TB\|website=www.tbonline.info\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia was the only Indian invited by the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] to be part of the TB ‘Guidelines Group’, which formulated the 4th edition of the TB Guidelines, published in 2010.<ref name="Aug 18"/><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/\|title='The Ticking Time Bomb': A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated from India\|date=2019-04-04\|website=The Better India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/dr-zarir-f-udwadia/\|title=Chest Physician in Mumbai - Dr Zarir F. Udwadia {{!}} P.D. Hinduja Hospital\|website=www.hindujahospital.com\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> He was also the only doctor to be named among India's best strategists.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/management-leaders/indias-best-strategists-15-dreamers-who-have-translated-their-insight-into-reality/the-big-healer/slideshow/22873998.cms\|title=India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into reality\|website=The Economic Times\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>

	== Professional life ==		== Professional life ==
	Udwadia is a graduate of the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]], Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /> He spent five years training in the UK at various centres, including [[Royal Brompton Hospital\|Brompton Hospital]], London.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> He practices at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] and the [[Breach Candy Hospital]], in Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/zarir-udwadia/\|title=Dr.Zarir Udwadia\|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/scepticism-shrouds-india-s-tuberculosis-target/story-bcyM89SKSxBhtHXxNL9O2L.html\|title=Scepticism shrouds India's tuberculosis target\|date=2017-12-11\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Approximately 8,000 patients pass through his OPD annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://longitudeprize.org/people/dr-zarir-f-udwadia\|title=Dr Zarir F Udwadia {{!}} Longitude Prize\|website=longitudeprize.org\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://everylifecounts.ndtv.com/1-indian-dies-tuberculosis-every-minute-no-one-immune-says-expert-15867\|title=1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert\|last=Taneja\|first=Richa\|date=2017-08-01\|website=Everylifecounts.NDTV.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia established a Chest Medicine Department at the Hinduja Hospital in 1992, and the city’s first Sleep Laboratory in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> He serves on the editorial board of [[Thorax (journal)\|Thorax]], a respiratory medicine journal,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thorax.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/\|title=Editorial Board\|website=Thorax\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> and has authored over 140 publications.<ref name=":3" />		Udwadia is a graduate of the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals\|Grant Medical College]], Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /> He spent five years training in the UK at various centres, including [[Royal Brompton Hospital\|Brompton Hospital]], London.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> He practices at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] and the [[Breach Candy Hospital]], in Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/zarir-udwadia/\|title=Dr.Zarir Udwadia\|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/scepticism-shrouds-india-s-tuberculosis-target/story-bcyM89SKSxBhtHXxNL9O2L.html\|title=Scepticism shrouds India's tuberculosis target\|date=2017-12-11\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Approximately 8,000 patients pass through his OPD annually.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://longitudeprize.org/people/dr-zarir-f-udwadia\|title=Dr Zarir F Udwadia {{!}} Longitude Prize\|website=longitudeprize.org\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://everylifecounts.ndtv.com/1-indian-dies-tuberculosis-every-minute-no-one-immune-says-expert-15867\|title=1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert\|last=Taneja\|first=Richa\|date=2017-08-01\|website=Everylifecounts.NDTV.com\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia established a Chest Medicine Department at the Hinduja Hospital in 1992, and the city’s first Sleep Laboratory in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> He serves on the editorial board of [[Thorax (journal)\|Thorax]], a respiratory medicine journal,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thorax.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/\|title=Editorial Board\|website=Thorax\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> and has authored over 140 publications.<ref name=":3" />

	== Drug-Resistant tuberculosis ==		== Drug-Resistant tuberculosis ==
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	While the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] eventually said that defining resistance beyond XDR-TB was not recommended,<ref name=":5" /> Udwadia's research drew the attention of the medical community to the growing epidemic of drug-resistant TB.<ref name=":0" /> The coordinator of the WHO's [[Stop TB Partnership\|STOP TB]] department called his findings a wake up call.<ref name=":9" /> His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":1" /> The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.<ref name=":5" />		While the [[World Health Organization\|WHO]] eventually said that defining resistance beyond XDR-TB was not recommended,<ref name=":5" /> Udwadia's research drew the attention of the medical community to the growing epidemic of drug-resistant TB.<ref name=":0" /> The coordinator of the WHO's [[Stop TB Partnership\|STOP TB]] department called his findings a wake up call.<ref name=":9" /> His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":1" /> The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.<ref name=":5" />

	He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mushtaq\|first=Ammara\|date=2018-11-01\|title=United to end tuberculosis\|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30416-8/abstract\|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine\|language=English\|volume=6\|issue=11\|pages=818–819\|doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30416-8\|issn=2213-2600\|pmid=30297271}}</ref> and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/health/multi-drug-resistant-tb-bedaquiline-deaths\|title=TB Killed Shreya Tripathi, But Her Death Could Have Been Avoided\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref~~><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":4" /~~>		He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Mushtaq\|first=Ammara\|date=2018-11-01\|title=United to end tuberculosis\|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30416-8/abstract\|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine\|language=English\|volume=6\|issue=11\|pages=818–819\|doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30416-8\|issn=2213-2600\|pmid=30297271}}</ref> and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://thewire.in/health/multi-drug-resistant-tb-bedaquiline-deaths\|title=TB Killed Shreya Tripathi, But Her Death Could Have Been Avoided\|website=The Wire\|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

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'''Zarir Udwadia''' (born 1960) is an [[India]]<nowiki/>n [[Pulmonology|pulmonologist]] and researcher.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-43456442|title=India's 'tuberculosis warrior'|date=2018-03-24|access-date=2019-08-25|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/no-more-jabs-now-new-pills-to-treat-tb/articleshow/65446792.cms|title=No more jabs, now new pills to treat TB {{!}} Mumbai News - Times of India|last=Aug 18|first=Malathy Iyer {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26|last3=Ist|first3=6:09}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/05/challenges-treating-drug-resistant-tb-india-170523133035639.html|title=The challenges of treating drug-resistant TB in India|last=Ubaid|first=Mir|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> His work on drug resistant [[tuberculosis]] has led to improvements in India's National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/3/26/right-dose-right-chance-indias-battle-drug-resista/|title=TB Online - The right dose, the right chance: India's battle with drug-resistant TB|website=www.tbonline.info|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia was the only Indian invited by the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] to be part of the TB ‘Guidelines Group’, which formulated the 4th edition of the TB Guidelines, published in 2010.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/|title='The Ticking Time Bomb': A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated from India|date=2019-04-04|website=The Better India|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindujahospital.com/dr-zarir-f-udwadia/|title=Chest Physician in Mumbai - Dr Zarir F. Udwadia {{!}} P.D. Hinduja Hospital|website=www.hindujahospital.com|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name="Aug 18"/> He was also the only doctor to be named among India's best strategists.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/management-leaders/indias-best-strategists-15-dreamers-who-have-translated-their-insight-into-reality/the-big-healer/slideshow/22873998.cms|title=India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into reality|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>

== Professional life ==
Udwadia is a graduate of the [[Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals|Grant Medical College]], Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /> He spent five years training in the UK at various centres, including [[Royal Brompton Hospital|Brompton Hospital]], London.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> He practices at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre]] and the [[Breach Candy Hospital]], in Mumbai.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tedxgateway.com/portfolio/zarir-udwadia/|title=Dr.Zarir Udwadia|website=TEDxGateway - India's Largest Ideas Platform (Mumbai, India)|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/scepticism-shrouds-india-s-tuberculosis-target/story-bcyM89SKSxBhtHXxNL9O2L.html|title=Scepticism shrouds India's tuberculosis target|date=2017-12-11|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Approximately 8,000 patients pass through his OPD annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://longitudeprize.org/people/dr-zarir-f-udwadia|title=Dr Zarir F Udwadia {{!}} Longitude Prize|website=longitudeprize.org|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://everylifecounts.ndtv.com/1-indian-dies-tuberculosis-every-minute-no-one-immune-says-expert-15867|title=1 Indian Dies Of Tuberculosis Every Minute, No One Is Immune, Says Expert|last=Taneja|first=Richa|date=2017-08-01|website=Everylifecounts.NDTV.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> Udwadia established a Chest Medicine Department at the Hinduja Hospital in 1992, and the city’s first Sleep Laboratory in 1994.<ref name=":6" /> He serves on the editorial board of [[Thorax (journal)|Thorax]], a respiratory medicine journal,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thorax.bmj.com/pages/editorial-board/|title=Editorial Board|website=Thorax|language=en|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> and has authored over 140 publications.<ref name=":3" />

== Drug-Resistant tuberculosis ==
Udwadia runs a free weekly TB clinic at the [[P.D. Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre|Hinduja Hospital]], which he set up in 1992, on his return to India, after his training in the UK.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Anand|first=Geeta|date=2016-09-02|title=Battling Drug-Resistant TB, and the Indian Government|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/world/asia/zarir-udwadia-india-tuberculosis-tb.html|access-date=2019-08-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> It is the busiest outpatient clinic at the Hinduja hospital,<ref name=":2" /> with patients traveling from many parts of the country, and some lining up overnight, to be seen by him.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" />

In December 2011, Udwadia documented twelve cases of what he called totally drug-resistant ('TDR') TB, a strain of the disease that seemed to show resistance to all known treatments.<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Loewenberg|first=Samuel|date=2012-01-21|title=India reports cases of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60085-3/abstract|journal=The Lancet|language=English|volume=379|issue=9812|pages=205|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60085-3|issn=0140-6736|pmid=22272391}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbonline.info/posts/2016/5/13/india-whos-shorter-treatment-multidrug-resistant-t/|title=TB Online - India: WHO's shorter treatment for multidrug-resistant TB, city may not gain|website=www.tbonline.info|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21350-totally-drug-resistant-tb-at-large-in-india/|title=Totally drug-resistant TB at large in India|website=www.newscientist.com|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> There were only two other episodes of TDR-TB reported in the world before this- in [[Iran]] in 2009, and [[Italy]] in 2007.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /> Along with his colleagues at the Hinduja Hospital, he published a letter describing four of these cases in the journal ''[[Clinical Infectious Diseases]].''<ref name=":8" /> The journal letter prompted extensive media attention. Government officials publicly denied the issue, accused him of wrongly spreading panic, and a Mumbai health official seized patient samples from his laboratory.<ref name=":2" />

While the [[World Health Organization|WHO]] eventually said that defining resistance beyond XDR-TB was not recommended,<ref name=":5" /> Udwadia's research drew the attention of the medical community to the growing epidemic of drug-resistant TB.<ref name=":0" /> The coordinator of the WHO's [[Stop TB Partnership|STOP TB]] department called his findings a wake up call.<ref name=":9" /> His research eventually led to improvements in the way TB is managed in India, and elsewhere, and forced the government to make changes to the state-run TB control initiative, or the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme.<ref name=":1" /> The government increased the budget for the program, and dispatched rapid GeneXpert machines, which can conduct highly sensitive molecular diagnostic testing.<ref name=":5" />

He continues to be an outspoken critic of the government's failures to address the TB problem,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mushtaq|first=Ammara|date=2018-11-01|title=United to end tuberculosis|url=https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(18)30416-8/abstract|journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine|language=English|volume=6|issue=11|pages=818–819|doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30416-8|issn=2213-2600|pmid=30297271}}</ref> and a vocal advocate for newer diagnosis and treatment for TB patients.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/health/multi-drug-resistant-tb-bedaquiline-deaths|title=TB Killed Shreya Tripathi, But Her Death Could Have Been Avoided|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":4" />

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