Incredibly grateful to Tye for sharing his TB story & his insights on the stigma he & his family experienced due to infectiousness fears, mental health impact of isolation, need for education & family centered counselling, and building a foundation of trust & equity in TB care 🙏🏾

Spot on. If only leaders were as brave, principled, and visionary as students. #CeasefireNOW 🇵🇸

Take a stand by telling your Senator today to support an increase in federal funding to combat tuberculosis globally 📢 Your advocacy matters - it's what drives positive change. Together, we can make history & pave the way for a TB-free future. Act now: bit.ly/4begah7

Just weeks after Oct 7, colleagues & I wrote a piece for BMJ Global Health about the civilian death toll in #Gaza. The piece was accepted in January. It was just published last Friday, after months of querying the editorial staff regarding delays. gh.bmj.com/content/9/5/e0…

In other words, the proportion of women/children killed would be indistinguishable if Israel were known to be indiscriminately bombing civilians, which, based on the use of 2000lb bombs in civilian areas, multiple inciting statements by Israeli politicians, etc., seems apparent.

“The professed goal of medicine and public health is to protect life…the histories of our fields are littered with shameful acts and long-standing norms that contravene what we nonetheless continue to claim are our most elementary ethical principles.” thenation.com/article/societ…

What has happened in Rafah tonight is absolutely horrific. The world is bearing witness to actions that cannot be condoned and that will continue to make all of us less safe. Ceasefire now

Our leaders were more outraged by students camping out in tents than by refugees being bombed in them.

Thriving in the Last Mile is a workshop series for Black and women of color docs who want the tools and resources to survive --and thrive-- despite the sometimes toxic environment that is healthcare. Join us for our June 13th immersive virtual session, 6pm ET. [details below]

OPEN LETTER | Minister of Health Joe Phaahla, make TB a political priority spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/06/07/ope…

Some lives matter more than others and we see this everyday

Excited to see PLOS Medicine published our mega-systematic review on barriers people with TB in India face across each care cascade gap. A huge shoutout to my mentor Dr Ram Subbaraman and rest of our fantastic team. doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Important new The Lancet Global Health by Tobi Broger Claudia Denkinger Mikashmi Kohli adithya cattamanchi Dr. Ruvandhi Nathavitharana Brooke Nichols Ankur Gupta-Wright Puneet K Dewan & team Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Exciting day at the Matthew Goniwe Clinic event! 🎉 TB Proof and TB HIV Care teamed up with Yabonga to empower the youth of Khayelitsha on TB testing, preventive therapy, and fighting stigma. Let's make a difference together! 💪 #PreventTB #EndTB

A significant proportion of #Gaza’s population is facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions. Over 8,000 children under 5 years old have been diagnosed and treated for acute malnutrition, including 1,600 children with severe acute malnutrition. Our inability to

TAG is devastated by news of MSF Access Campaign' imminent closure. High-quality care delivery is most effective in tandem with a strategy to confront structural drivers of global health disparities. We call on MSF International to reverse this decision. Our open letter: treatmentactiongroup.org/letter/an-open…