The World Health Organisation has announced a plan to expand collaboration between national tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS programs to curb the growing pandemic of TB/HIV co-infection, focusing mainly on Africa, where 70 percent of the world's 14 million co-infected people live. "TB/HIV is a deadly combination and needs to be tackled with an approach treating the whole person," said WHO Director General Lee Jong-wook. "With effective treatment, TB can be cured, HIV managed, and the health of millions of people preserved."