Sterne died in London after years of fighting tuberculosis.

"I thought I had succeeded in fighting tuberculosis, but now it's all back to zero."

As part of a team, it was his job to travel to Brittany teaching people how to fight tuberculosis and how to improve hygiene.

Although a final diagnosis has not been made, Isringhausen is still taking medicine to fight tuberculosis.

Golshifteh is highly involved in environmental activities and has also become the ambassador for fighting tuberculosis in Iran.

But a few years later, antibiotics to fight tuberculosis were discovered, and treatments changed.

There he raised money to fight tuberculosis, established county health programs and was instrumental in founding the state public health department.

He also supports more funding to fight tuberculosis and malaria.

Ron Livingston guest-stars as a doctor who works among the poor in Africa, fighting tuberculosis.

Few new drugs have been developed to fight tuberculosis in recent years.