Fighting Tuberculosis: A Global Health Emergency

Fighting Tuberculosis: A Global Health EmergencyMarch 23, 2018The world is losing the battle against tuberculosis (TB), which remains the deadliest infectious disease despite being curable. TB patients and treatment providers face an array of challenges, from diagnosis to treatment.  Doctors Without Borders/M édecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been fighting TB for more than 30 years and is among the biggest treatment providers. Dr. Francis Varaine, leader of the MSF working group on tuberculosis, explains what more should be done—and why the failure to make progress is, above all, a political issue.
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