[Focus] Do not leave migrants behind: TB has no borders
Channel: CNS
Date: 2015-12-31

TB has no border but unfortunately in this world we have borders and migrants face alarming levels of discrimination and human rights violations when detected with TB. TB in migrants need attention, TB anywhere is TB everywhere. No one can be left behind if we want to end TB.

Dr Gilles Cesari, Fund Portfolio Manager at the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund), spoke with CNS at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Cesari has been a widely respected voice on the cause of TB and migration.

The International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union) had appealed ten years back that no migrant should be deported because of TB and instead of deportation we should ensure that the person is successfully cured of TB. Let us hope with governments adopting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) one of which is to end TB by 2030, migrants will not be left behind!

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Focus, is a CNS video series on current global health and development priorities. This is episode 33.
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