While it looks grim, I think wheels are in motion. This article by World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/05/09/india-battling-tb-in-indias-

While it looks grim, I think wheels are in motion. This article by World Bank - http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/05/09/india-battling-tb-in-indias-slums http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/05/09/india-ba... puts things more in perspective. Bottom line: 1. Government has increased spending on Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment. 2. Organizations like Gates foundation (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Health/Tuberculosis http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-Health/Tube...) are doing good job in getting things in motion. 3. NGO's like Operation Asha(http://www.opasha.org/ http://www.opasha.org/) are doing tremendous job ensuring patients take their medication properly. A big part of the problem seems to be diagnosis and proper treatment before the disease becomes drug resistant. This quote from linked article: >All too often, patients are misdiagnosed and wrongly treated by private providers who then dump them, broke and drug-resistant, onto the public health system.