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"Madam President, tuberculosis, or TB as it was known in my country, was rampant in Ireland a little over half a century ago, killing many people, young and old.
As the country grew affluent it died out, and vaccination stopped for 36 years. However, as the author has pointed out, TB has returned in recent years. Only last year in my own constituency a child in a school and a baby in a crèche contracted the disease.
Worldwide, it is a bigger problem with 2 billion affected by the bacteria and one person dying every 20 seconds. We therefore have a big task if we are to reach the target of eliminating the disease by 2050.
Research is the key, and in this area the European Union deserves great credit because, while we are behind the US and Japan in terms of research in general, we are the leaders in this field, with 60% of research taking place in the EU, and with Danish authorities and scientists in particular having developed the vaccine."@en1
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