million people who miss out on
treatment.
tb is more common in poorer
areas where people live close
together.
south africa, it is the leading
cause of deft.
getting harder to treat there
because every year 14,000 people
are diagnosed with drug
resistant tb meaning it can't be
treated with normal medication.
erica wood reports doctors
without borders is trying a new
way to treat patients.
there every day goodwin goes to
the clinic.
>> i take 16 tablets a day.
>> drug resistance tb, the only
regimen is highly toxic and
isn't even guaranteed to work.
when he got his diagnosis he was
convinced it was a death