Depends, really. During the Ebola scare, the Nigerian government came down extremely hard with military enforced curfews, public water/transit shutdowns, involu

Depends, really. During the Ebola scare, the Nigerian government came down extremely hard with military enforced curfews, public water/transit shutdowns, involuntary quarantines, etc. Not only did these "harsh" strategies work, they worked spectacularly at preventing widespread infection. I highly doubt these measures would be used against TB, though-- it just isn't deadly enough. The countries with high TB infection rates are the ones without a serviceable central government.