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Tuberculosis: New Faces of an Old Disease

Report
Tuberculosis: New Faces of an Old Disease

This Special Report from Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders highlights the challenges, such as TB/HIV coinfection and drug resistance, faced in the fight against TB. The report also provides real-life examples of people living with TB.

Author:

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres

Audiences:

International Agencies, Policy Makers

Topic:

Advocacy/Communications, General TB Information, History of TB, MDR TB

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