The fight against tuberculosis has found a celebrity friend in John Green, the young adult novelist star who describes himself as a “tuberculosis hater” on his profile on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
“Death from tuberculosis is caused by human choice. It's caused by human-built systems. And so that's terrifying and horrifying and deeply upsetting. It means we're not doing a good job of assigning equal value to every human life,” he said at a panel discussion during this year’s United Nations General Assembly.
But “if we are the cause of tuberculosis, we may also be the cure to tuberculosis,” he added.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
