North Korea could face a shortage of medication needed to treat drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB), the Eugene Bell Foundation NGO warned on Thursday, urging South Koreans to play a more active role in providing humanitarian aid to the DPRK.

The shortage, the group said, was tied to international financing organization the Global Fund’s February 2018 decision to withdraw from DPRK operations.

The Global Fund last month announced it had changed course, approving a $41.7 million grant for in-country work related to eliminating tuberculosis and malaria between October 1 in 2019 and September 30 in 2021.

But speaking at a press conference in Seoul on Thursday, Eugene