And it’s particularly heart-wrenching, advocates say, because tuberculosis is treatable and curable but millions continue to die. “This [meeting] is a long time in coming,” the U.S. Agency for International Development’s deputy assistant administrator in global health, Irene Koek, told HuffPost. The power of those meetings to potentially increase awareness, along with funding and global commitment, was unmistakable. “The U.S. government’s initiative is an encouraging step in the right direction,” said Loyce Pace, the president and executive director of the Global Health Council. TB was declared a global health emergency 25 years ago.

Source: Huffington Post September 27, 2018 21:22 UTC