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How The Body Reacts To Tuberculosis

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An easily digestible animation showing how TB spreads and is fought by our bodies. The animation shows the different ways the TB bacterium can develop into the disease; either through overwhelming the immune system (common in children) or by latent TB waking up and becoming active (common for those with weak immune systems such as older people, those who are HIV positive, or have had organ transplants or chemotherapy). Find out more about MSF’s work treating tuberculosis around the world: http://www.msf.org.uk/tuberculosis SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/15M9M8v Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. TOP PLAYLISTS EBOLA – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeSnSAln51JU4uuYXWGItkRR MSF is on the frontline in the fight against Ebola – one of the world’s most deadly diseases. Find out what we’re doing in our projects across West Africa. EYEWITNESS – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeTCXXtwR_jpA-JyPnVirDub Watch MSF’s “eyewitness” testimony from the frontline of humanitarian emergencies across the world. THE REACH OF WAR – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeSaVocQeGIU134xBxGlkXq9 In late 2013, MSF sent to record “a day in the life” of the brutal, relentless conflict in Syria – to collect imagery and narratives that might foster a deeper understanding of the reach of this war. MONTH IN FOCUS – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeSrUbUug6IxYlAjj7UNRem5 Each and every month, watch the latest news from our projects around the world and see what we really do. HIV/AIDS: See What We See – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeRKWI-qy4e5LZVbauQJ54QO Today, 9.6 million people with HIV/AIDS are on lifesaving treatment, antiretroviral drugs cost a fraction of what they used to. However, this is not the full picture – See What We See exposes the reality of HIV/ AIDS as experienced by MSF. EVERYDAY EMERGENCY – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeStiWH4r1aKw4MGGDxRkEd4 For decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been in the grip of an emergency. Violence in its eastern provinces are an everyday occurrence that has torn the country apart and left millions dead. TUBERCULOSIS – What is it? http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeTELNDjhD3Bt1gZhs0N91Mg Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world. Each year it kills 1.4 million people with nearly another nine million suffering from the disease, mainly in developing countries. Find out what it is, how the body reacts, and what MSF are doing combat this deadly disease. WHERE WE WORK – We work in more than 60 countries across the world – Learn more about our work at msf.org.uk SYRIA – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeSTLjJlsoy3TpN9SjGphI1W SOUTH SUDAN – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeQyXWf4ni43cOC21OKVq5Sl CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeQ9MjnnlulVrzeFytqW-ojT DR CONGO – http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpkLcO7nhYeRbDvb6MVXlF8yGO39CetkP

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