Keeping promises on TB

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Last year in the rural South African town of Tugela Ferry, a deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis made headlines when it ravaged a hospital ward, killing 52 of 53 people infected.

These people died before they could even be diagnosed, let alone treated. Since then, XDR-TB, which is extremely difficult to treat with today's antibiotics, has been detected in 41 countries, and it continues to spread.

Recently, for the first time, the world's largest tuberculosis conference was held here in South Africa. This is an acknowledgement that urgent action needs to be taken.

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Keeping promises on TB

Last year in the rural South African town of Tugela Ferry, a deadly outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis made headlines when it ravaged a hospital ward, killing 52 of 53 people infected.