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Posted in TB Treatment, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
Podcast: Dr. Shelly Batra Working to Eliminate TB in India
Shelly Batra is a renowned gyn & obs surgeon in New Delhi. She has a deep desire to serve the community. She has worked pro-bono for dissemination of medical information with many television stations and newspapers and written two books for Penguin Publishers.
Posted in Action, Announcements, TB Pediatrics, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Call to Action on Childhood TB
The Stop TB Partnership has issued a Call to Action on Childhood TB. The call was an outcome of an international meeting organized jointly by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the Stop TB Partnership’s Childhood TB Subgroup in March. There was strong consensus among participants on the urgent need to make the voice of children heard through concerted advocacy efforts. Links are provided to information on the Call to Action and to a page where you can sign the Call to Action on Childhood TB. There are also links to previous coverage by the WGND on topics related to Childhood TB.
Posted in Front Lines of TB R&D, TB Drug Development, TB R&D Spotlight Interviews, TB Treatment, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
TB R&D Weekly Update: Podcast Interview with Dr. Edward Nardell
This week, we feature an interview with Dr. Edward Nardell who is a pulmonologist with a special interest in tuberculosis. His principal academic appointment is as associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. In 2002 he joined Partners In Health as Director of Tuberculosis Research. During the interview, we discuss with Dr. Nardell his background and interest in TB, the Airbourne Infections Research (AIR) Facility, his thoughts on the MDR-TB epidemic, and his current research focus. Additional links to TB R&D News are included.
Posted in TB Pediatrics, TB Treatment, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Interview with Dr. Mark Cotton – Part Two
Dr. Mark Cotton is Director of Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) at University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Pediatric TB has emerged as a broad priority only in more recent years, though the University of Stellenbosch / Tygerberg Hospital team has been focusing on it for more than 20 years. This is part two of our interview with him.
Posted in TB Drug Development, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
TB R&D Weekly Update: Podcast Interview with Dr. Bernard Fourie
The WGND had the opportunity to interview Dr. Bernard Fourie who is head of Medicine in Need-South Africa (MEND-SA).retoria, South Africa. In the interview, we discuss the ongoing projects at the Drug Research Laboratory at MEND-SA, a research and development center with the mission to developing and applying innovative approaches to the formulation and optimization of existing drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis. Additional links to TB R&D News are included.
Posted in Early Drug Development, Front Lines of TB R&D, TB Drug Development, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis, WGND Podcast Series
TB R&D Weekly Update: Podcast interview on TB Drug Tolerance and Efflux Pumps
The WGND had the opportunity to interview three researchers (Lalita Ramakrishnan, Paul Edelstein, and Christine Cosma) involved in the groundbreaking research on the role of efflux pumps in contributing to drug tolerance during TB treatment which was published in the April 1 issue of Cell. Additional links to TB R&D News are included.
Posted in TB Pediatrics, TB Treatment, Video, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
Interview with Dr. Mark Cotton – Part One
Dr. Mark Cotton is Director of Children’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU) at University of Stellenbosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Pediatric TB has emerged as a broad priority only in more recent years, though the University of Stellenbosch / Tygerberg Hospital team has been focusing on it for more than 20 years.
Posted in Events, TB Stigma, TB Treatment, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
World TB Day: A Patient’s Perspective
The following is an e-mail circulated on the Stop TB Advocacy Network from a TB patient named Pervaiz Tufail. It is a powerful message from the patient’s perspective.
Posted in Announcements, Events, TB Stigma, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
David Rochkind and the Pulitzer Center Capturing the Human Faces behind TB
On World TB Day March 24, there will be a Congressional Briefing on multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) where David Rochkind, the award winning photographer and Pulitzer Center grantee, will present his reporting and photography on his exploration into the MDR-TB crisis in Moldova.
Interview with Dr. Anneke Hesseling – Part Three
An interview with Dr. Anneke Hesseling, the Director of the Paediatric TB Research Program at the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Stellenbosch University in Cape Town, South Africa.
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