NCF Partner International Rescue Committe (IRC) has announced they have teamed up with Health Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Rollins School of Public Health to fight Tuberculosis.  The IRC's office in Kenya has begun working on prevention with new tools that will allow tribes who roam constantly to get the full eight month course of treatment.  140,548 Kenyan's came down with the TB in 2006, there were 1.5 million cases worldwide.  Once the pilot program is in effect, they will release it worldwide.

To learn more, visit:  http://www.theirc.org/