Is there a sufficient global effort to combat TB?
Tuburculosis is one of the world's biggest killers - in particular in combination with HIV. Together they are often called the twin epidemics.
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria is meeting in Lyon, France, this week to try and raise $14 billon more to help eradicate these infections. It comes as the medical aid organisation, Medicins San Frontier, says the situation is getting worse.
Dr. Zolelwa Sifumba from South Africa caught multidrug-resistant TB and campaigns to eradicate the disease.
(Photo: Woman receiving treatment for tuberculosis in Maryland, Liberia. Credit: Getty Images)
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