Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB

Name: Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB
Uploaded: 2008-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 5 min
Description: An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. James Nachtwey share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a newly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that has developed due to misused and inadequate medical treatments -- and that might be touching off a global medical crisis.

TED Prize Wish 2008Oct 20085 min482278 views

Speaker

James NachtweyWar Photographer | Time Magazine Contributor Documenting Global Conflict

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An ancient disease is taking on a deadly new form. James Nachtwey share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a newly drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that has developed due to misused and inadequate medical treatments -- and that might be touching off a global medical crisis.