How We End TB

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In which John discusses how we ended tuberculosis once and can end it again. Join the free TB Fighters newsletter: https://tbfighters.org/newsletter
Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee's TED Talk on the S-T-P strategy for ending TB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5zcjR_x2BM

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Of the 10 million people who get sick with tuberculosis every year, four million go undiagnosed: https://www.stoptb.org/global-drug-resistant-tb-initiative/missing-tb-millions

Every year an infection goes undiagnosed and untreated, the disease spreads to between 5 and 15 more people: https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/tuberculosis#:~:text=This%20can%20lead%20to%20delays,ill%20with%20TB%20will%20die.

Every $1 invested in TB care and prevention generates $43 in economic benefit: https://www.stoptb.org/news/invest-to-end-tb-save-lives

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