Official figures showing a rise in diseases linked to poverty, such as gout, TB, measles, malnutrition and whooping cough are a barometer of failure and neglect, says John Middleton
Guardian Professional,5 Jun 2014:
Dalene von Delft, doctor and founder of TB proof, had a drastic career change when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis
4 May 2014: Letters: Hopefully research now under way will bear fruit and we will have a new and much more effective vaccine before BCG marks its 100th anniversary in the 2020s
A phase III trial of a novel combination of drugs for tuberculosis, including some drug-resistant strains, will launch within the year, the TB Alliance announced
24 Mar 2014: Jennifer Hughes: When rich countries eradicated TB, new treatments dried up. Now the disease has evolved to become drug-resistant – and it's the world's poorest people who are bearing the brunt