Papua New Guinea has the highest rate of tuberculosis in the Pacific, and the epidemic is being...
![Media file: 6l8a2389_sm.jpg](/sites/default/files/06-06-15/6l8a2389_sm.jpg "Rose Oye, approximately 45 years old, from Loki, in the Eastern Highlands Province. "When I was accused [of sorcery], I was scared," she said. "I thought that at any point I could be killed." The local advocacy group KAFE helped her family flee, and resettled her in a new home (pictured behind her) in Goroka, the regional capital. Image by Benedict Moran. Papua New Guinea, 2015.")
Papua New Guinea has the highest rate of tuberculosis in the Pacific, and the epidemic is described as a national disaster. Eliminating the disease is a major challenge, in part because bringing healthcare to remote communities is so difficult: Roads are often impassible and waterways are dangerous and infested with crocodiles. Freelance journalist and filmmaker Benedict Moran visits remote clinics to look at why multi-drug resistant TB is on the rise.
