Global Plan to Stop TB

October 25, 2001 — In recent weeks, much of the world’s attention has been drawn to the plight of the thousands of Afghan refugees who are huddling in camps along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan. This week, health experts warned that those refugees now face a growing threat from tuberculosis, or TB, a disease that has long afflicted poor and vulnerable groups across the globe. Health officials meeting at the World Bank in Washington this week launched a new global plan to reverse the TB epidemic, and appealed to governments in both rich and poor countries to boost their spending and focus on the campaign.
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