Fighting the joint HIV/AIDS and TB epidemics.

“We cannot win the battle against AIDS if we do not also fight TB,” Nelson Mandela told the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July.  Mandela spoke at an event marking the launch of the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic (CREATE), supported by a $44.7 million foundation grant. The Consortium will conduct research on two new strategies for treating and controlling TB in countries hard-hit by HIV/AIDS.