A weightlifter is treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis at a dedicated hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Each day, he takes more than ten pills to combat the disease. Compared to a six-month regimen for TB cured by standard treatment, curing multidrug-resistant TB takes up to 24 months, and side effects of the toxic medications are often very hard on the patient.

The Global Fund / Quinn Ryan Mattingly