The world was unprepared for the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa even though red flags were raised months in advance. Thousands of families, communities and individuals were needlessly ravaged by this epidemic. Let us not make the same mistake by ignoring another disease that has killed more people than any other infectious disease in human history: tuberculosis (TB).
Tuberculosis is second only to HIV as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Every year, tuberculosis (TB) claims more than 1.5 million lives, and even though we are slowly turning the tide with TB, the rate of multi-drug …read more
Source: Montreal Gazette
