Category: Africa

Green makes a strong case that the title of his book is accurate. Across human history, tuberculosis has been human’s deadliest pathogen. An estimated billion people have died as a result of TB. Green humanizes the disease by focusing on Henry, an adolescent TB patient in Sierra Leone, right away making clear that in poorer parts of the world tuberculosis is still viable and deadly. And of even greater importance, Henry is a gifted poet, responsible son, and warmly loved by doctors and patients throughout the underfunded hospital (now more so since the current administration’s huge cuts to international aid)...