How to stop one of the planet’s biggest killers

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Cryptococcal meningitis - or 'Crypto' for short - kills an estimated three hundred thousand people around the world every year. And people with advanced HIV are particularly vulnerable to the disease. But now, there may be a promising new tool in the fight against Crypto. Newsweek's Patrick Adams has been shadowing a team of American doctors testing it out in Uganda. Image: A patient sits in the isolation ward of the general hospital in Arua, Uganda, December 2005. Most patients in this ward are suffering from opportunistic infections and diseases related to HIV and AIDS. Credit: Sven Torfinn/Panos