News: Coronavirus could hurt the longer fights against diseases including AIDS and tuberculosis, medical experts warn

Coronavirus could hurt the longer fights against diseases including AIDS and tuberculosis, medical experts warn



As the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, experts fear losing ground in the long fight against other infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and cholera that kill millions every year. Also at risk are decades-long efforts that allowed the World Health Organization to set target dates for eradicating malaria, polio and other illnesses.