Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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12-01-2012 19:47:47
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TB champion Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ advocates to protect people with TB over drug patents Columbia Medicine symposium on Emerging Resistance to Novel TB Drugs TBProof jonathan ferreira Treatment Action Group (TAG)
Today is #WorldTBDay
Being a South African I know the terrible burden this disease has on thousands of people there. #TB & #AMR are intertwined
Read the brave story of Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ from TBProof overcoming drug-resistant TB
amrnarrative.org/tb-amr-phumeza/
#theAMRnarrative
โIf we are the cause of TB, we can also be the solution to TB.โ
Wonderful lecture by ๐ข๐ข๐ขJohn Green๐ข๐ข๐ข highlighting important facts about TB and featuring a beyond admirable TB survivor, Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ! ๐
Think #Tuberculosis has been eliminated? Think again. Learn more in this Crash Course by ๐ข๐ข๐ขJohn Green๐ข๐ข๐ข which includes Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ and her experience with drug-resistant #TB . youtu.be/7D-gxaie6UI?siโฆ
Powerful words by Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ and other #TB Champions during the Symposium on Emerging Resistance to Novel TB Drugs. Important reminder for researchers and policymakers that โbehind every number is a human beingโ who deserves to have a say in their #Tuberculosis treatment.
Our #TB Champions and Community Voices panel at the Symposium on Emerging Resistance to Novel TB Drugs at Columbia University. Affected communities want flexible treatment & support options that fit their lives ICAP #xdr Stop TB Partnership TB Europe Coalition Wayne State Anthropology Department
This month, we're paying tribute to incredible young Black history-makers ๐
Starting off with 3 powerful advocates ouma joyce, Nkosi's Haven & Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ - read their stories, from diagnosis to health advocacy, here๐ bit.ly/3ukY7Gr
#BlackHistoryMonth #ReachEveryChild
For people affected by #TB , the most important outcome of projects like UNITE4TB is rapid access to better regimens of shorter treatment duration & with fewer side effects, explains Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐, TB survivor & TBProof/GCTA Board Member ๐
#EndTB Innovative Health Initiative IMI AMR ACCELERATORโฆ
Meet Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ , our powerhouse Advocacy Officer at TB Proof! ๐ From conquering MDR-TB at 19 to TIME100 Next at 33โher journey is pure resilience! #UseMyVoice to #EndTB ๐ spotlightnsp.co.za/2023/11/22/intโฆ
Erika Mohr-Holland will be presenting now an Oral Abstract โrethinking reporting on TB outcomes: and urgent need to refine programmatic monitoring and evaluationโ. #UnionConf
Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ talks about the impact of delayed diagnosis on her life and why access to GeneXpert XDR TB test can be crucial for people having most severe form of TB. Price for this test need to be dropped now Danaher Corporation and Cepheid
โI shouldnโt be here saying the same thing next year! All people deserve access to diagnostics!โ -Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ remarks at The Union Conference followed by activists urging Danaher Corporation Cepheid to reduce the price of XDR-TB cartridges!
The story of an XDR-TB survivor, the very brave and phenomenal activist Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐. Nobody should have to go through toxic medication and delayed diagnosis!
Hope Stephen Svoboda Danaher Corporation are listening, learning and realizing the immense impact they can make by dropping the XDR price.
Join Ingrid Schoeman today at 15:00 at room 251 where she will be discussing patient perspectives, advocacy and stakeholder engagement at the 2nd International post-TB symposium and recommendations . #UnionConf The Union Conference
Fantastic discussions at The Union Conference about linking the immediate and urgent needs for improving TB prevention & care with the longer term goals of pandemic preparedness โก๏ธwe think dual use global health infrastructure is NB! Thank you to Eloise Todd Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ & Romina Mariano
Thanks to Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen Phumeza Tisile ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Romina Mariano for the excellent panel+the audience for the discussion The Union Conference 2023 in #Paris ๐ซ๐ท
Inspiring to talk advocacy +need to keep vital issues of TB, pandemics+vaccinations top of the political agenda #AlwaysOn
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