CDC Global HIV & TB News: CDC Director Calls For Strong Global Response to Drug Resistant TB on FoxNews.com

CDC Director Calls For Strong Global Response to Drug Resistant TB on FoxNews.com

In a recent OpEd on Fox News.Com, CDC Director Tom Frieden responds to the White House National Action Plan for Combatting Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis with a call for urgent and decisive action for millions around the globe infected with the disease.

"With a half million new cases each year, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is spreading around the globe. The world must act decisively. There can be no delay."

"That is why on Dec 22, 2015, President Obama announced theNational Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. It is a strong, unambiguous call for doctors, nurses, scientists, and health and political leaders worldwide to take rapid, focused action."

– Tom Frieden, MD

• Read CDC Director Tom Frieden’s full Op-Ed on fighting drug resistant TB here
• Read more about CDC’s efforts to fight TB and MDR TB around the globe here