Saturday, 19 May 2012 20:21
This year on World Tuberculosis Day there is cause for optimism. The recent adoption of a fast and powerful new diagnostic tool promises to accelerate international gains against the disease.
At the same time, our hope must be tempered by the sobering fact that multidrug-resistant forms of TB remain an ever-present threat that, if allowed to spread unchecked, could set back the steady progress made during the past two decades.