The latest international health news and analysis from TIME's Christine Gorman, Simon Robinson and Bryan Walsh

AIDS, Obesity, TB

AIDS in the Arab world. It's spreading faster than you might think. (Time.com)

Obesity could slice as much as 3% off a country's economic growth--about the same impact as malnutrition has on poor nations. (Reuters)

Drugs to treat extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are now being tested in South Africa. (GlobalHealthReporting.org)

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