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UPDATE Exposed: Aeras’ Upcoming Film Series on Tuberculosis
Release of Part 1 of EXPOSED scheduled for the week of May 20. EXPOSED is a four-part series of short films that tell the story of the deadly global epidemic of tuberculosis. The series will portray the struggles of four inspiring individuals – an MDR-TB survivor, a TB doctor, a clinical trial volunteer, and a TB vaccine researcher – bringing viewers to the forefront of the race against tuberculosis.
Multidrug-Resistance Tuberculosis: No Promises
A video from Medecins Sans Frontieres entitled “Multidrug-Resistance Tuberculosis: No Promises” on the situation of children affected with MDR-TB. It highlights the dire plight of children being treated for MDR-TB in Tajikistan.
The Growing Landscape of TB Trials: Interview with Dr. Andrew Vernon
This week we highlight an interview with Dr. Andrew Vernon, the Chief, Clinical Research Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He discusses the progress made in TB drug development and the growing number of TB trials and trials groups.
Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D, TB R&D Spotlight Interviews, Uncategorized, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Immunotherapeutic Vaccines, TB and China: Interview with Dr. Douglas Lowrie
This week we highlight an interview with Dr. Douglas Lowrie, a Senior Research Fellow at Fudan University’s Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center in China. He discusses the extent of the problem of TB in China and innovative research on enhancing TB treatment using immunotherapeutic vaccines.
InTB Winners Announced!
The inaugural InTB contest winners are announced in three categories: Overall Winner, Advocacy Winner, and Fan Favorite. Thank you to all entrants. Keep submitting your innovations to grow the InTB library!
Posted in Faces of TB, TB R&D Spotlight Interviews, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Integrating TB and HIV Services at the Community Level
This week we highlight an interview with Jeannine Uwimana, a public health specialist from the University of the Western Cape and TB/HIV Care Association in South Africa. She discusses her work in developing models for community-based programs to enhance TB and HIV collaborative activities.
Posted in Faces of TB, TB Patient Perspective, TB R&D Spotlight Interviews, TB Stigma, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
Community Engagement through Drama
Dr. Gill Black is the co-founder and Director of Health and Welfare at The Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation (SLF). In this inteview, we discuss with Dr. Black one of SLF’s groundbreaking projects that uses drama to engage local communities around issues related to TB and HIV/AIDS.
Announcing the InnovateTB Contest
Announcing the InnovateTB contest! Innovations are revolutionizing TB. Tell us your story! On World TB Day, the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New TB Drugs (WGND) announces the InnovateTB Contest to encourage and highlight innovations to achieve zero deaths from TB in this generation. We are inviting interested participants to take two simple steps: [...]
Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
TB R&D Weekly Update: Podcast Interview with Dr. Tawanda Gumbo
In this week’s interview, we discuss with Dr. Tawanda Gumbo his recently published paper that puts forth evidence that nonadherence may not be the prime reason for the emergence of drug resistance in TB, his research interests and background, the recent debate on the role of efflux pumps in drug tolerance and his research to optimize TB drugs. Additional links to TB R&D news are included.
Posted in Faces of TB, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Kick TB Campaign: Scoring Big in South Africa and Beyond
The Kick TB Campaign is a unique project that uses the World’s most popular sport to educate and engage young people in the effort to stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB).
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