Tuberculosis was cured last century, but it is still the deadliest infectious disease in the world because our society isn’t funding enough help where it is needed most.
Based on decades of experience from some of the most impoverished places in the world, PIH teams have proven over and over again that, with the right support and care, even Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is curable for the vast majority of people.
The only thing left to do is fund programs to do just that.
Image above: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) survivor Nthabiseng Mokone, 27, after completing six months of PIH-supported tuberculosis treatment in Lesotho (Zack DeClerck / PIH).
PIH-supported Botsabelo Hospital is Lesotho's only hospital for people with an advanced form of tuberculosis called multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. (Mpho Marole / PIH).
When PIH first started treating TB patients, the global health establishment wasn’t convinced that patients in low- and middle-income countries—the patients who suffer the most—were worth saving. They said even attempting to treat them was too costly and too complicated.
But we rejected that status quo. We treated those patients anyway—regardless of cost or complication—because no life is worth less than another. We proved it was possible, and costs came down.
Now, things are changing for the better again, thanks in part to PIHers like you.
50%of people across the globe lack access to essential health care.
15,000children die before reaching the age of 5 — every day.
99%of maternal deaths occur in low and lower middle-income countries.
Everyone should have access to quality health care, but for millions around the world, that’s not the reality. That’s morally wrong, and it’s why our teams around the world are currently working to improve power reliability at 15 facilities across 6 countries. Donate now and help us end this injustice.
