From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social 🛡️💥 THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS FRAYING. TB prevention services are being dismantled. ● 27% completely stopped prevention 🚫 ● 25% severely cut 📉 = 52% of prevention capacity disrupted Prevention keeps people safe and breaks chains of transmission.

Next up from t @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social 🚨 CONTINUITY OF CARE IS BREAKING: Interrupting TB treatment mid-course puts lives at risk. ● 27% completely stopped continuing care 🛑 ● 26% reduced support for people already on treatment 📉 = 53% report mid-treatment disruptions

Urgent indeed. Not to be missed.

From our chair: Jonathan Stillo "I will be giving a talk to lead off the Global TB Clinical and Educational Summit 2025 Oct. 14-17. You can register here to access all event for free tbsummit.qiagen.com

From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social 💊❌ THE CRUELEST CUT: Diagnosed but can’t begin care. ● 29% completely stopped accepting new people for treatment 🚫 ● 24% severely reduced capacity 📉 = 53% turning away people seeking care Imagine: you finally receive a diagnosis and are ready to start care.

Good lesson.

From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social 🚨 THE CRITICAL LINK IS FAILING: Sample transport is the lifeline of TB diagnosis—and it’s breaking. ● 35% completely stopped 🛑 ● 23% reduced to critical levels 📉 = 58% of sample transport disrupted What this means: A person with TB symptoms gives a sample…

From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social DIAGNOSTIC DISRUPTION: We can’t fight what we can’t diagnose. ● 27% of TB testing completely stopped 🚫 ● 26% severely reduced ⚠️ = More than half of diagnostic capacity disrupted. Translation: More people living with TB now go undiagnosed and unconfirmed.

From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social 🚨 RING THE ALARM: Nearly half of TB screening services have stopped. Right now, while you read this, people living with TB are going undiagnosed. Untreated. Left without access to care and unable to protect their families. ● 46% stopped ❌ ● 37% scaled down 📉

Undernutrition remains one of the most significant drivers of the TB epidemic globally. Check out these new guidelines and recommendations from @who.int to tackle undernutrition and food insecurity and #EndTB. createsend.com/t/d-F393E7F7...

H/t @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social THE EVIDENCE IS UNDENIABLE: worldwide disruption of TB prevention and care. ● 52% report severe impact 🚨 ● 24% report significant impact ⚠️ This is evidence from the TB Specific Impact Survey, conducted during the Stop TB Work Orders: 180 responses from 39 countries.

Who's most at risk? - Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+ - Many Medicare recipients face added risks Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage. Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action

1/2 Healthy lungs = a healthier world. Let's act this World Lung day. #endTB #worldlungday #stoptbnow

Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) saves lives and money. But Medicare has stalled... - Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago. -TB cases are the highest in a decade. - Older Americans are at greater risk. @globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social

This is critical. Have a few minutes? Watch the livestream, take action.

StopTBUSA has signed on. Please share.

There's going to be value for everyone, but especially TB peeps north of the border. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @tbfighters.org @tschampl.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social @globalsentinels.bsky.social

Come with questions.

Heads up everyone: Months ago the CDC said the last day to order publications on demand was September 2. Now according to their website, it's this Friday, August 15. wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/ @altcdc.altgov.info, @wearetb.bsky.social , @stoptb.bsky.social, @robynwaite.bsky.social, @tbfighters.org

And then there's the human benefit...

What is TB? PDFs (in both original and printer-friendly form) are downloadable at linktr.ee/stoptbusa

It's not just about food and medicine, it's about infrastructure that delivers supplies to those in need, and when that's gone you simply cannot turn on an aid spigot in a moment of decency. @pih.org shows the way for you to take action, make your voice heard. win.newmode.net/callaboutres...

@tschampl.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social

Readers of the StopTB Wire know we've written about this book twice: once from a pTB survivor and once from a woman of color who has a medical degree. Read the book, and you'll see why it deserves such extensive attention from multiple angles.

Critical opportunity. Please attend.

If you've read the book, you know this is not to be missed. www.youtube.com/live/GnbXE3a... @wearetb.bsky.social @stoptb.bsky.social @tschampl.bsky.social

Please forward: CDC On Demand Publications Warehouse is Closing The last day to place orders for printed materials is September 2, 2025. Currently, the Publications Warehouse has more than 1,000 publications in multiple languages. Questions? please contact [email protected]. @altcdc.altgov.info

Survivors getting to tell their stories is critical to our efforts to #EndTB. Here is @wearetb.bsky.social's Rebecca talking at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's World TB Day on March 24th

@stoptb.bsky.social brings us some good news: mailchi.mp/stoptb.org/s...

A must watch.

#WorldHealthDay2025 #HealthyBeginningsHopefulFutures #YesWeCanEndTB" @robynwaite.bsky.social @richamah.bsky.social @apcaso.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social @amanshukla.bsky.social @stoptbusa.bsky.social @theunion-tblh.bsky.social

We can't #EndTB without research.

From the Stop TB Partnership: Life-saving services in TB response www.stoptb.org/news/life-sa...

What is happening...beyond harmful.

Only a few days left!

A must watch: for information and motivation. The event is over, but the recording is there.

A bit of inspiration for your World TB Day (and International Women's Month) www.migrantclinician.org/blog/2025/ma...

To mark #WorldTBDay2025 our working group member Dr. Kazi has published this op-ed highlighting the disastrous consequences of USAID cuts on the global fight to #EndTB. World leaders must act now to #CommitInvestDeliver! #FundingCutsCostLives www.context.news/money-power-...

A must-read. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Congratulations to coordinating board member, Erin Corriveau, MD, MPH, a TB Elimination Champion for 2025! www.cdc.gov/world-tb-day...

Good news. #CautiousOptimism www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEX7...

From @who.int : www.who.int/news/item/05...

The #US cuts to global #tuberculosis projects have caused TB treatment interruption, mass layoffs - and massively increased the risk of drug-resistant #TB #MDRTB @stoptbusa.bsky.social @hivpxresearch.bsky.social healthpolicy-watch.news/huge-risk-of...

Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Exciting news! Our brand-new website is live! Discover more about our mission to #EndTB and join us in the fight. Visit us now at www.stoptbusa.org