Tanzania: Imagination, Ambition Needed in Fighting TB

opinion

I recently had chance to attend the first-ever United Nations high-level meeting on tuberculosis. It was an historic opportunity for heads of state to acknowledge the enormous burden of tuberculosis (TB), the world's leading infectious killer, and to show their commitment to eradicating it by 2030.

When given the opportunity to intervene from the floor at the meeting, I pointed out that the biggest problem is not money or science but a lack of ambition.

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