Health

Romania and tuberculosis

June 30, 2015

Europe

June 30, 2015

Europe
Martin Koehring

Senior Manager for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources & Head of the World Ocean Initiative

Martin Koehring is senior manager for sustainability, climate change and natural resources at (part of The Economist Group). He leads Economist Impact's sustainability-related policy and thought leadership projects in the EMEA region. He is also the head of the, inspiring bold thinking, new partnerships and the most effective action to build a sustainable ocean economy.

He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the UN Environment Programme’s Global Environment Outlook for Business and is a faculty member in the Food & Sustainability Certificate Program provided by the European Institute for Innovation and Sustainability.

His previous roles at The Economist Group, where he has been since 2011, include managing editor, global health lead and Europe editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit.

He earned a bachelor of economic and social studies in international relations from Aberystwyth University and a master’s degree in diplomacy and international relations from the College of Europe.

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Romania’s current tuberculosis (TB) problems illustrate the consequence of what happens when the challenges of such a disease are, for many years, met with lethargy rather than action.

The country currently has about one-quarter of all TB cases in the EU and European Economic Area, even though it has just under 4% of the area’s total population. What are the main barriers to addressing TB in Romania? To what extent are there opportunities for change?

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Romanian version: Să tratăm cu seriozitate: România și tuberculoza

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