It wasn’t kittens.
James Nachtwey’s project on extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDRTB) was unveiled today, and it is pretty powerful to look at.
XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs taken by James Nachtwey. XDR-TB, or extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, is a new and deadly mutation of tuberculosis. Similar in creation to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) but more extreme in its manifestation, it arises when common tuberculosis goes untreated or standard TB drugs are misused. James’ photographs represent these varying strains. Learn more about TB, MDR-TB and XDR-TB, and learn how you can take action to stop this deadly disease.
You can see the photos and learn more at the XDRTB site (link). I wish the pictures were larger and had captions… (The Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog ran 14 of the photos very large on their site)
TIME magazine has a story on their website, and I’m guessing current issue.
If you have four minutes to watch, I highly recommend it.
