08/19/2024
"TB is a disease that feeds on poverty and social breakdown — people weakened by hunger and depleted immune systems, living in overcrowded conditions or deprived of medical care are most vulnerable. While just one in 38,000 Americans has active TB, one in 500 people in India does. Among Delhi’s homeless population, one in every 12 people has the disease — a shocking rate. " India's commitment to addressing the problem shows TB can be defeated... if the world commits also.
New advances in screening, prevention and treatment of TB make tremendous progress possible — if we tap them.