Report Urges Greater Global Effort To Stem TB

Humanosphere: The time to act against tuberculosis is now
Development blogger Tom Murphy writes, “The world needs to act now to stem the growing global public health challenges posed by tuberculosis (TB), says a new report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit. TB alone was responsible for 1.3 million deaths in 2012, making it the second mostly deadly infectious disease after HIV/AIDS…” (7/2).

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