Return of the 'White Plague': Fears over the rise of 'incurable' TB

Meera Senthilingam, for CNN

Updated 1508 GMT (2308 HKT) January 5, 2015

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Globally, TB kills more than a million people a year. While the disease is treatable, drug-resistant strains are emerging. Pictured, an Indian TB patient outside the Rajan Babu Tuberculosis Hospital in New Delhi.

Photos: Return of the 'White Plague': Fears over the rise of 'incurable' TB

Drug-resistant TB – Globally, TB kills more than a million people a year. While the disease is treatable, drug-resistant strains are emerging. Pictured, an Indian TB patient outside the Rajan Babu Tuberculosis Hospital in New Delhi.

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India leads the world for new TB cases, with more than 2 million in 2012. In 2011 Indian doctors reported cases of "totally drug resistant" TB.

Photos: Return of the 'White Plague': Fears over the rise of 'incurable' TB

Drug-resistant TB – India leads the world for new TB cases, with more than 2 million in 2012. In 2011 Indian doctors reported cases of "totally drug resistant" TB.

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