The following is an e-mail circulated on the Stop TB Advocacy Network from a TB patient named Pervaiz Tufail, location unknown. It is a powerful message from the patient’s perspective.
Subject: TODAY IS WORD TB DAY BUT WHERE AM I?
I heard Akram died of TB today, last week Rizwan died and I am afraid who will be the next one to die? May be I myself?
Today, 2000 people will die of TB without knowing billions of dollars have been offered to governments for their diagnosis, treatment, care and support.
The New York Academy of Sciences will be hosting a 
The Médecins Sans Frontières and The Union will release on World TB Day a new report entitled “DR-TB drugs under the microscope” outlining drugs currently availabl
Chen TC, Lu PL, Lin CY, Lin WR, Chen YH. 
From Guardian (UK) (March 3, 2011)