Global Cause
Ending TB 2020
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To end TB, we must prevent TB
One of the most alarming aspects of The Union’s work to end the global tuberculosis epidemic, is knowing TB is both the leading infectious killer globally and at the same time a very preventable illness. Tuberculosis is a terrible illness caused by a bacteria that spreads from person to person through the air. Left untreated...
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To end TB, we must invest in research and innovation
If the world is to get anywhere near ending TB, a disease that killed more than 1.5 million people in 2018, something significant needs to change. TB remains the world’s leading infectious killer and yet, in the last 50 years, only three new drugs and regimes have been developed to combat the disease. “What we...