tuberculosis

International aid organisations should commit a lot more money and energy to fighting tuberculosis 

For more than half a century, we have known how to cure the disease, yet it continues to kill a record number of people in the poorer parts of the world

“The fact that TB still kills and sickens so many people is an outrage, when we have the tools to prevent it, detect it and treat it,” says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Tuberculosis cases hit record high: WHO

The total number of people contracting the infectious disease increased from 7.5 million to 8.2 million last year