MOSCOW, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - Colleen Daniels, Director for TB and HIV at the US-based NGO Treatment Action Group, says that stagnating investment into the treatment of tuberculosis has resulted in a great deal of unnecessary suffering, and could lead to a serious epidemic in the future.

Doctors are concerned about the rising number of Russians infected with tuberculosis (TB). This number has more than doubled over the past 15 years, a senior healthcare official said on Thursday.