Health agencies warn of global TB threat, funding gap

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Deadly strains of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to multiple drugs are spreading around the world, and authorities urgently need another $1.6 billion a year to tackle them, global health officials said on Monday. Donors should step up with “significant funding” to help experts track down all existing cases and treat the most serious ones, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria in joint statement. …