The interaction between the twin pandemics of HIV and tuberculosis could soon become a “threat to global health security,” particularly with the emergence of almost untreatable strains of tuberculosis, said experts at this week’s HIV and tuberculosis global leaders’ forum at the United Nations.

“Today, tuberculosis is one of the top 10 leading causes of death globally, causing more than 4000 deaths every day,” the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, told the meeting. “This is shocking: no one should die of tuberculosis, a preventable and curable disease, in this prosperous and …