Four of the 10 countries with the highest TB prevalence are African
Jump to full article: Daily Mail and Guardian (za), 2007-11-10
Author: Belinda Beresford
Intro: The Union World Conference on tuberculosis and lung health opens in Cape Town on November 9, with more than 3 000 scientists brainstorming new strategies to attack one of the most successful killers of human beings.
This year the traditionally scientific and sober meeting looks set to develop a harder advocacy edge. Alarmed by the link between TB mortality and HIV infection, health activists are turning their honed advocacy skills to the need for greater resources and political commitment to stop the spread of the disease.
South African scientists are well represented on the packed schedule of the four-day conference, which is focusing on HIV/TB co-infection and drug-resistant disease. TB is the biggest killer of HIV-positive people in South Africa.
Globally TB, which kills more than 1,5-million people a year
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