This came via TED Blogs, and is pretty harrowing. Don’t play the video if you are sensitive to images of human suffering.

The photographer, James Nachtway, has taken these photos on TB wards around the world, and his site highlights the problem:

“XDRTB.org is an extraordinary effort to tell the story of extremely
drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and TB through powerful photographs
taken by James Nachtwey.  XDR-TB, or extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis,
is a new and deadly mutation of tuberculosis. Similar in creation to
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) but more extreme in its manifestation,
it arises when common tuberculosis goes untreated or standard TB drugs are
misused. James’ photographs represent these varying strains. Learn more about TB, MDR-TB and XDR-TB, and learn how you can take action to stop this deadly disease.”

There is a great talk on TED from James Nachtway here, as he receives his TED Prize:

His movie, War Photographer, is great – and even has a section in Indonesia!