Like other slums in the Tondo area of Manila, Philippines, there’s no clean water supply or sanitation.
Every spare centimetre has been claimed - alleyways between the two-story shacks are barely shoulder-width, and the air is stagnant.
Mike traveled to the Philippines with senior journalist Nick Jones to cover the work of Kiwi nurse Jessa Pontevedra in the fight against tuberculosis.
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