Subject: Health: Medicine

Medical Studies Series

TB or Not TB? 1 & 2 (Tuberculosis and AIDS)

A combined version of TB or Not TB? 1 & 2 (Tuberculosis and AIDS) is available.
While Tuberculosis, TB, can affect old, young, rich, poor, it's more common in developing countries. And though the world started the 20th century with TB rates declining, the 21st sees the TB death rate rising. This program reports on this serious increase in TB worldwide and looks at other fatal diseases like HIV/AIDS, which help TB in its claim on human life. This two-part program reports on this serious increase in TB worldwide and looks at other fatal diseases like AIDS, which helps TB in its claim on human life. Although we know what causes TB, a germ called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we don't understand why some people develop the disease, while others don't, even if they've been infected. In Part 1, to widen our understanding of the mysteries of TB, we look at highly infected areas, including disadvantaged areas, and meet patients with TB. In Part 2, we look at health initiatives in Africa and India, including the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) program, which places more than 100,000 patients on treatment every month. Produced by Journeyman Pictures. 2010DR SCA 100 min.