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Photo A: TB

JP/Mulkan Salmona

A health worker at a tuberculosis clinic in Jakarta provides
visitors with information on TB. It is estimated that a person
with active tuberculosis can infect an average of 15 people every
year. The disease is known to thrive in conditions of poverty and
overcrowded areas.

Photo B: Africa

AP/Saurabh Das

An unidentified patient suffering from tuberculosis lies on her
bed at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto township, population two-
and-a-half million, of Johannesburg. Less than 30 km away, the
World Summit on Sustainable Development is taking place, at which
disease as an obstacle to development is one of the many subjects
under discussion.