In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Recently, the United Nations held its first-ever high-level meeting on TB. At the gathering, leaders agreed to treat 40-million people with TB between 2018 and 2022. Heads of state also pledged to ensure that at least 30-million people at high risk of developing TB receive the medication needed to prevent it.
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