Yesterday, Obama and McCain both gave statements to TED about their promises towards world health and the XDRTB.org project.
XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs taken by James Nachtwey. XDR-TB, or extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis,
is a new and deadly mutation of tuberculosis. Similar in creation to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) but more extreme in its manifestation, it arises when common tuberculosis goes untreated or standard TB drugs are misused.
The TED Prize is a collaboration of individuals and companies who step up and generously give their time, support and resources to make these wishes come true. In 2007 photographer James Nachtwey was awarded the TED Prize; these photographs and this project are his wish.
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