TB Taskforce and Emergency Response Committee member and World Health Organisation (WHO) representative, Dr Pieter van Maaren said that TB is a time bomb waiting to go off.
Maaren said that TB and multi-drug-resistant TB (MDR TB) in particular is an area that needs to be addressed as the country is going to face major problems if we can’t get the message across.
He said a high proportion of the population is already infected with the disease.
