How to help the inspiring Sister Tarcisia
SIR – No one could fail to be moved and inspired by Sister Tarcisia Hunhoff’s work to provide sorely needed healthcare in Papua New Guinea (Leading article, February 10).
Papua New Guinea ranks second in the Western Pacific Region for estimated tuberculosis prevalence, incidence and mortality, while its TB burden has not improved since the early 1990s. Still more shocking, however, is the fact that in the 47 years that Sister Tarcisia has been working in Papua New Guinea, no new drugs to tackle TB have been developed.
