IRIN Discusses New Report On TB Control

IRIN: TB drug resistance signifies failure
“…A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) points out that the reduction in TB correlates far more closely with a country’s score on the Human Development Index than it does with the intensity of the effort it puts into disease control. The report puts its finger on what it calls a lack of focus by those working on the disease…” (Blunt, 7/9).

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