A £4 million funding boost from the UK for the TB REACH programme will help test new approaches to increase the number of people diagnosed and treated for the disease in low- and middle-income countries. This support will: Provide health services to 500,000 people Detect cases of TB in 37,000 people Save more than 15,000 lives Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell said: TB is a devastating yet eminently preventable disease.