World TB Day, which falls on March 24 every year, marks Dr. Robert Koch's discovery of Mycobacteriumtuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB). Dr. Koch's discovery was a remarkable step forward in diagnosing, treating and fighting the TB epidemic, which takes almost two million lives a year around the world. Despite the global interest in curbing the TB epidemic, the technology to diagnose the disease in most resource-poor countries has not changed in 125 years. Prizes could pave the way to develop a new and improved TB diagnostic.

In this blog, Results for Development Institute Managing Director, Gina Lagomarsino interviews Paul Wilson and Amrita Palriwala about their forthcoming report “Prizes for Global Health Technologies,” which will be released next Tuesday, March 29th.

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