Something is wrong in the fight against tuberculosis. Every second a person is infected by the Koch bacillus and a third of the world's population lives with it. The treatment is the same as 40 years ago and the vaccine has not changed since the '20s. In 2006, the WHO set the target for 2015 to reduce the infections by half, but victory seems distant: tuberculosis repeats its presence in the list of neglected diseases every year.

Ànnia Monreal | 24 March 2010