In mid-May, historic medical news spread around the world: the World Health Assembly passed a resolution approving the new post-2015 Global Strategy for TB Prevention, Care and Control with ambitious targets and a vision of ending the TB epidemic by 2035. This strategic plan contains unprecedented goals such as decreasing TB mortality by 95 percent from current levels. If the goals are achieved, it would truly be a major breakthrough – something that was unimaginable just 20 years ago, when we thought curing multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) wasn’t possible.

Today’s guest blog comes from Ling Shi “Tom” Xiao, a senior research scientist for Lilly’s Product and Process Performance team, and a member of Lilly’s Chinese Culture Network.

After years of busy planning and preparation, last week the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis held a grand opening ceremony for their display of the famous Terra Cotta Warriors from China. This is the only display of these iconic figures in the United States this year.  

Could you nourish your mind and body on $1.50 or less per day? For the 1.2 billion people in the world who live in extreme poverty, it’s not a matter of “could” but “how.”

Poverty breeds hunger, and like many other public health threats, hunger is not biased when it comes to age, race, religion or location. People living in Congo,  Israel and Mississippi share the same risk for malnutrition, vitamin deficiency and, potentially, death because of a lack of affordable and accessible nutritious food.

Today’s guest blog comes from Gini Williams, director for TB projects with the International Council of Nurses. Lilly partners with ICN through the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership.