Blessina Kumar
@blessi_k
Wife, Mother patient advocate and International Public Health Consultant, CEO Global Coalition of TB Advocates, dream of a world without TUBERCULOSIS!!!!!!
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22-03-2012 08:13:38
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WHO SEARO combined TB HSS meeting. Meg Doherty Dir global HIV Hep STI- powerful words saying present status not acceptable! Calls for accelerated action @gcta Hari Shanker Singh @iwg Ketho Angami Treatment Action Group (TAG)
Thank you to the brilliant speakers & the motivated TB community for a critical discussion on the importance of implementing 1/4/6x24 in India. We still have a way to go, but when the community unites to raise our voice, we can shape the world! #TBMuktBharat #EndTB #6monthsmax
Worrisome. Changes in law will just make medicines more expensive, not better indianexpress.com/article/opinio… via The Indian Express
Agree 100% but whats the use investng in R&D if benefits don’t reach ppl in the highest TB/DRTB burden country? Pts still wait fr BPaL/M. the excuse is there is no good evidence😂Almost 100 countries implementing with over 97% success! #FTTC Ministry of Health GCTA World Health Organization (WHO) DDG - TB | #TBMuktBharat
Wouldn’t it be comon sense 2 roll out shorter better safer treatment? BPaL/M. Y is India not interested in DR TB pts well-being? Where r th road blocks? Need 2b removed immediately or it will be disastrous DDG - TB | #TBMuktBharat Ministry of Health REACH MSH GCTA Soumya Swaminathan
Who will protect the TB response?Stop TB Partnership The Global Fund World Health Organization (WHO) Tereza Kasaeva USAID the world cannot look away. Sudan will always have a special place in my ♥️. The 3 yrs spent there were some of the best. Sad to see it separated, torn so much suffering and pain
There is shortage of TB medicine in all over Odisha but no one talking about it
Naveen Patnaik Ministry of Health @otv Narendra Modi PMO India CMO Odisha
We in India are still waiting at the mercy of those in power 2 implement ths. Results in India study very good nd patients are saying why don’t you give me that medicine he/ she got because the person recovered well in a short time. DDG - TB | #TBMuktBharat Ministry of Health TB Harega Desh Jeetega ICMR World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO announces forthcoming updates on co-administration of treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis and hepatitis C createsend.com/t/d-77FA107462…
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DrMalik Welfare Health Organization on 🔥 at NTEP STAKEHOLDER meeting raising the need for treatment literacy, buffer stocks and drug stock norms @who Tereza Kasaeva GCTA REACH TB Harega Desh Jeetega
Attending Stakeholder consultation. V need 2 remember PM clarion call 2end TB by 2025 TB. grt progress bt Drug stockouts continue 2 hinder Pts condition pathetic. V can’t afford INACTION REACH DDG - TB | #TBMuktBharat @usaid Ministry of Health KHPT The Union South East Asia
Excellent remarks from Dr. Ranjani Welfare Health Organization pushed TPT, molecular diagnostics, new treatment regimens and nutrition @gcta DDG - TB | #TBMuktBharat TB Harega Desh Jeetega
Globally, health systems could save about $740 Million each year by switching to the new shortened #6MonthsMax drug-resistant TB treatment. These savings could fund treatment for hundreds of thousands more people. Help Fast Track the Cure, sign TODAY! bit.ly/FastTrackTheCu…
On #WorldHealthDay , let's champion 'My Health, My Right' by advocating for universal access to life-saving innovations like shorter TB regimens. Together, we can ensure everyone's right to health and a brighter future! #HealthEquity #6MonthsMax
Blessina Kumar GCTA UNAIDS Stop TB Partnership The Global Fund Unitaid Treatment Action Group (TAG) We have the same challenges regarding #TB among #Trans in the #Americas . UNAIDS LAC needs to work with us on this as well. Sadly, it is too late for one in #Colombia who died on #WorldTBDay . #EndTB #EndStigma #EndDiscrimination . PAHO/WHO
Congratulations! Hope you will be able to truly represent TB affected and bring voices of the poor and marginalised people with TB to the table. It’s a huge responsibility and we are counting on you @gcta Alberto Colorado