TB the disease of LMIC --- Sadly diseases such as TB are restricted mostly to low-middle-income countries and therefore it doesn't receive the necessary attention and funded. Secondly multi-drug resistant TB is another issue. HIV and TB-TB is mostly seen in immunocompromised patients such as HIV-positive individuals. The HIV patients I work with very few have TB, since they have access to medicines and treatments available in USA.

Source author: Sona Chowdhury sonachowdhury2014@gmail.com