The EU and drug-resistant TB

This BBC article describes the threat of drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and central Asia.  The headline reads that the “European Union ‘faces TB crisis’…putting EU states at risk of a deadly outbreak.”  Various organizations have recognized/become involved in the issue including hte Red Cross, the World Health Organization, and the Stop TB Partnership in Europe among others.  The drug-resistant TB has been found mainly in Baltic countries, eastern Europe, and central Asia, but it “now is without a doubt the most alarming tuberculosis situation on the continent since World War II.”  From the liberal viewpoint, although the disease is definately not a good development, there is promise of the various organizations working together with the aims of: boosting detection, infection control, and treatment.  This, along with many other diseases are truely becoming a global problem, and we need to learn to work together in order to effectively combat them.

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