USAID triples its financial support for PAHO/WHO project to fight tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean

Washington, D.C., 31 October 2012 (PAHO/WHO) – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has tripled its financial support for the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Regional Tuberculosis Program, which seeks to prevent 15,000 deaths from tuberculosis in Latin America and the Caribbean over the next five years and reduce the incidence of this disease.