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Not deaf or dead: a third choice for all people with DR-TB in SA

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25 October, 201725 October, 2017

TB Proof at Namibian Occupational Health Congress

TB Proof at Namibian Occupational Health Congress

TB Proof was invited to provide a member as guest speaker at the Namibia Medical Society (NMS) Occupational Health Congress,...

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12 October, 201725 October, 2017

Unmask Stigma at the 48th Union on Lung Health in Guadalajara, Mexico

Unmask Stigma at the 48th Union on Lung Health in Guadalajara, Mexico

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12 September, 201625 October, 2017

Patient thanks her lucky stars for medical innovation

Patient thanks her lucky stars for medical innovation

“I would be deaf if it wasn’t for the continuous research and development of innovative medications,” says Dalene von Delft....

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4 August, 201630 August, 2017

“Doctors are also human beings and TB can infect anyone” – reflections from a physician and survivor

“Doctors are also human beings and TB can infect anyone” – reflections from a physician and survivor

Posted by ACTION Secretariat, Washington, D.C. on Apr 20, 2016 | By Ifesinachi Sam-Emuwa I have seen firsthand what individuals...

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1 August, 201628 August, 2017

Top 100 Inspiring and Aspiring young South Africans – Independent Media

Top 100 Inspiring and Aspiring young South Africans – Independent Media

“In September 2012 Dr Bart Willems swam four and a half laps of the Long Street pool in Cape Town...

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8 March, 201631 August, 2017

#UnmaskStigma Challenge 2016!

#UnmaskStigma Challenge 2016!

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3 September, 201531 August, 2017

Clinic staff feed TB patients

Clinic staff feed TB patients

Nursing staff at the Empilisweni Clinic in Zwelethemba are making sandwiches at their own cost to feed patients in the...

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26 August, 201528 August, 2017

Physician heal thyself – Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

Physician heal thyself – Q&A with Dr Dalene von Delft

by: Nicci Botha | 17 Aug 2015 When Dalene von Delft started working as a doctor, she knew there were...

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6 August, 201528 August, 2017

The fight of her life

The fight of her life

by Jamie Petersen on August 3rd, 2015 In 2010 then 19-year-old Phumeza Tisile, from Port Elizabeth, was told she had...

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20 July, 201528 August, 2017

Unmask stigma – wear a mask and help to fight the stigma attached to TB

Unmask stigma – wear a mask and help to fight the stigma attached to TB

“I’m dying Ma, the doctor confirmed that treatment is just not working for me and I’m getting sicker.” The mother...

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16 July, 201528 August, 2017

Integrated approach to TB research: key to success

Integrated approach to TB research: key to success

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15 July, 201528 August, 2017

To end tuberculosis, we have to talk about it

To end tuberculosis, we have to talk about it

By Bailey White, CBC News Posted: May 25, 2015 Tuberculosis in Nain doesn’t usually make news. That’s not because it doesn’t...

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"Diagnosis of MDR TB was unexpected, I was a young medical intern when diagnosed. 16 tablets and one injection daily for 18 months was what it took to cure me.
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"On Sept. 26, world leaders at the United Nations will hold the first high-level meeting on combating TB...The words are promising, but progress against TB will require the leaders to take action when they go home, and not to again neglect a disease that can be cured..." #UNHLM ... See MoreSee Less

Opinion | Tuberculosis is curable. So why are so many people still dying of the disease?

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Victims of tuberculosis are falling through the cracks, undetected and untreated.

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"“Before bedaquiline, the last drug we developed was before we put a man on the moon,” said Aaron Oxley, executive director of Results UK. “Unfortunately in TB – or fortunately now – things are about to get more expensive because we’re getting tools that actually work..." ... See MoreSee Less

Fighting the world's deadliest infectious disease: how to tackle TB

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Experts say global action to combat TB, which causes almost two million deaths a year, is inadequate. What must change?

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