I would highlight three lessons we learned about how to bring the problem of drug resistant TB under control. First, make TB treatment accessible for patients, not something to fear. Second, spend the money now, rather than later. But if we permit the disease to become drug resistant, drug costs increase 100-fold. And third, fight epidemics globally to protect people locally.
International travel continues to double every decade.
Diseases can now criss-cross the world in hours in first class cabins.