every year.
world tb day is highlighting the
nearly 3 million people who
don't have access to treatment.
it's more common in poor areas
where people live in close
quarters.
south africa has the highest
rate of tb where it's the
leading cause of death.
but thousands of south africans
are developing a tb resistant to
antibiotics every year.
doctors without borders is now
trying a new way to treat
patients.
>> reporter: every day this man
goes to his local clinic to be
monitored for progress and take
his medication.
he has extreme drug-resistant
tuberculosis, the worst kind
there is because normal drugs
don't work.
he got his diagnosis, and was
convinced it was his death
sentence.
>> you feel like okay.