REACH
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Official account for Resource Group for Education and Advocacy for Community Health (REACH), a non-profit dedicated to ending tuberculosis. RTs not endorsements
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Special thanks to esteemed researcher Anant Bhan for leading a session on ethical reporting of cancer for our Media Fellows, emphasising the importance of consent and employing responsible & respectful language when describing individuals living with cancer
Huge shoutout and thanks to Pramesh CS, Director at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai & Convenor of NationalCancerGrid for empowering the 2024 batch of NCD Media Fellows with knowledge on cancer research and making cancer care accessible & affordable
Kicking off our two-day Media Fellowship workshop for Reporting on NCDs (Cancer) with insights from Nikita Mehra, Oncologist & Sr Assoc Prof at Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, delivering a thorough overview of cancer to a room of 16 journalists from across the country
Have you heard of One Health❓It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants & the environment. It relies on the understanding of how human actions & policies could affect animal, plant & environment health & how it impacts humans as a result. ➡️bit.ly/40oYtHz
World Health Organization (WHO)
Drug-resistant TB is a major cause of AMR deaths. This year’s United Nations high level meeting on AMR is critical for ensuring political commitment and action. Despite rapid tests and shorter treatment, only 1 in 4 people with DR TB are cured. Madhu Pai, MD, PhD carole mitnick Treatment Action Group (TAG) Stop TB Partnership
Communicable disease continues to cause substantial morbidity and mortality globally, finds new GBD study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. In 2019, an estimated 704M DALYs were associated with 🦠85 different pathogens🦠, including 309M in children under 5 🔗 ms.spr.ly/6189YB1Fz
#Tuberculosis is again the number 1 infectious disease in the world causing much suffering & death, especially among the poor. This calls for more investment in R&D to develop new tools, also to use the ones we have now more widely. Jeremy Farrar USAID NIH ICMR Mark Suzman
We're thrilled to share that Anupama Srinivasan, Assistant Director at REACH, has been selected for the prestigious WomenLift Health's 2024 India Leadership Journey, which recognises talented women leaders in global health ✨
#2024IndiaLeadershipJourney
In a leaner and meaner Health Matters newsletter this week, Ramya Kannan looks at a slimmer selection of health stories from the past week, the key news events and explainers, theme-based clusters on health and related issues.
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On #WorldHealthDay we call for urgent action!
It's time to back gender-transformative health services! 70% of healthcare workers are women, pioneering the fight against #HIV , #TB , & #malaria .
Let's ensure health equity for all women and girls in their diversity #fundherhealth