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Dr Eric Goosby

@drericgoosby

Professor of Medicine, UCSF; Director, IGHS CGHDDE; former U.N. Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Tuberculosis; U.S. Ambassador-at-Large, PEPFAR (ret.)

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Personally, I am tired that we have to fight for every nickel and dime we get for TB. I am tired of TB being the stepchild. And I know you are too. But we can’t give up on our fight.

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Great Huff Post blog by Dr. Madhukar Pai, McGill University - We Need To Science The Shit Out Of Tuberculosis - huffingtonpost.ca/dr-madhukar-pa…

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We must move beyond the narrow view that TB is the problem of the world's poorest societies, and recognize that it is a universal health problem for an interdependent global population. Eradicating TB - bmj.com/cgi/content/fu… - Dr. Michael A. Reid, Dr. Eric P. Goosby

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Today TB has come out of the shadows and into the spotlight. I applaud world leaders who have recognized that this number one infectious disease killer cannot be ignored any longer. 4,400 people dying each day is a wake-up call for the world to act.

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TB is the world’s most lethal infectious disease, taking the lives of more people who are HIV positive than any other disease. No one is immune from TB. TB knows no borders.

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MDR TB is increasing in incidence in Equatorial Guinea. Building strong TB programs is necessary to address the threat of resistant TB

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Countdown to World TB Day on March 24th - Lancet Commission on TB in India working on recommendations to build a TB-free world.

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We are at a moment. We have waited years – some of us decades – for this moment. Let us seize it and build a TB-free world once and for all. It’s TB’s time.

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No one is immune to TB. It is airborne, highly contagious and knows no borders. And with the growing challenge of MDR-TB or TB-HIV co-infection, TB could spread quickly with a tremendous impact on all Americans. In 2017, 97 cases of MDR-TB occurred in the United States.

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For those of us who have participated in the U.N. High Level Meetings on AIDS, we have seen how bringing leaders together around one issue is a very powerful motivator for action. And there is no doubt action is needed now on TB.