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Nature Medicine 13, 273 (2007)
Published online: 28 February 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0307-273

Spotlight on... Mario Raviglione

Brandon Keim1

  1. New York


TB chief has pushed the WHO to go beyond conventional strategies.


When Mario Raviglione joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991, tuberculosis (TB) control was a global patchwork of ineffective treatments, poor surveillance and disconnects between researchers, doctors and health agencies. Some countries ignored TB altogether.