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Last month, the MSF International team, with the support of district health authorities, organized a GeneXpert testing training session at the Gujranwala PMDT site for lab technicians and clinicians working in several public and private health facilities for drug-resistant tuberculosis (DRTB)
'If it seems likely that people are going to be displaced, we hand out the kits' Animesh Sinha
News from The Lancet Respiratory Medicine on #MSF 's approach to treating #TB in conflict settings where there are heighten risks to contract & worsen the condition. (1/2)
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#tuberculosis | It is the ideal story to tell the media, to make survivors repeat their stories and make it seem like change is imminent. After all, how can one not like leaders and organisations that promise to end TB in India and elsewhere? scroll.in/article/105915…
Despite the…
Final results of the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial are out in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine!
They show that the 24-week all-oral BPaLM regimen is safe and effective. Countries should be implementing it for treatment of pulmonary rifampicin-resistant #tuberculosis !
➡️thelancet.com/journals/lanre…
Any early birds at the The Union Conference join us now for the community connect session. Survivor to advocate, the experience of disseminating #tbpractecal trial.
Wondering if the 6 month MDR-TB regimen performs in real world conditions? Join us today at 1:15 PM room 212/213 The Union Conference Catherine Berry 🆔
We & others at this year’s #TB The Union Conference call on Danaher Corporation & Cepheid to make #XDRNext & drop the price of the test for XDR-TB, the deadliest form of #tuberculosis .
#PeopleOverProfits #TimeFor5 #MedicinesANDTestsShouldntBeALuxury
Join us The Union Conference on 18th Nov to hear about implementation results of #BPaL -based 6-month #MDR -TB treatment regimens. MSF Science TB Alliance #EndTB @ WHO/Europe
Join us for a powerful session at The Union Conference with resilient TB survivors who continue to use their TB journey to inspire their work and advocacy to shape a people-centered approach to ending the world's greatest infectious killer! #EndTB #CommunityEngagement
Join us for this critical session on the groundbreaking BPaL|BPaLM regimen at The Union Conference to learn about the innovative all-oral regimen offering hope and accessibility to people with DR-TB! #6MonthsMax #BPaLismyRight
More than six years ago, the endTB clinical trial was launched to find shorter, more tolerable, injection-free treatments for people with #MDRTB .
Join us at the #Unionconf2023 in Paris for the endTB clinical trial results presentation!
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Low rates of resistance to linezolid, pretomanid and bedaquiline observed in pretomanid #tuberculosis trials!
This supports the implementation of regimens containing these medications for #tuberculosis .
Study in PLOS Global Public Health 👇
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#TB #DRTB #MDRTB #AMR
HUGE NEWS and what it means: This morning, USAID, Stop TB Partnership, and The Global Fund jointly announced that Danaher will lower the price of their standard TB test cartridge by 20% to $7.97. This isn't the 50% reduction we hoped for BUT...
Danaher Corporation is also committing to ZERO profit in…
‘Look Ma your daughter is on a TIME 100 list’
Proud to share that I & Phumeza Tisile 🏳️🌈 are on this year’s TIME list of 100 emerging leaders globally, who are defining the next generation of leadership– #TIME100Next . We share the honour with Harmanpreet Kaur 💪
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Breaking news: Danaher thinks it is 'sustainable' to price gouge the world's poorest countries with 500% profit margins for tuberculosis tests. #PeopleOverProfits