Speaking in the House of Lords on World Aids Day, Nick calls for action to tackle both the HIV/AIDS and TB pandemics

With ten years to go until AIDS should be ended according to the Sustainable Development Goals, Nick calls for a Government plan to beat the disease.

The word's biggest infectious killer

Last week the World Health Organisation published its latest estimates of the TB epidemic. The good news is that the global campaign against HIV has led to a remarkable fall in deaths from AIDS. The bad news is that TB now claims the unwanted title of being the world’s biggest infectious killer.