Read MSF's factsheet on emerging near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (nPOC-NAATs) for TB. Watch out for more details on MiniDock Ultra (Pluslife), the first TB nPOC-NAAT test available for procurement through the Global Fund and the GDF. www.msf.org/report-near-...

Coming soon: Next round of WHO DG elections amid massive cuts and fund shortage: healthpolicy-watch.news/want-to-beco...

It’s spring already in a green house garden in Geneva

Worth noting for people following PABS discussions at Geneva level. There are attempts underway to roll back existing laws in Brazil that ensure broader post-trial access for clinical trial participants.

WHO recommended community-based, out-patient treatment for people with drug resistant TB in 2011. Yet, 15 years after this recommendation and 8 years after the introduction of all-oral regimen, many countries are still slow in adopting this guidance. Must read by @stephanienolen.bsky.social

The use of compulsory licenses by high-income countries to gain access to medicines increased considerably over a recent 10-year period, mostly for treatments of noncommunicable diseases such as cancer and cystic fibrosis, along with Covid-19, a new study found.

Modelling scientists at Wits University have calculated that if enough people — between 1-2 million per year — take LEN just once, new infections would decline fast enough so that South Africa can end #AIDS as a public health threat by 2043. #IDSky

One year later, MSF is witnessing the human cost of decisions that have upended aid programmes worldwide where #FundingCuts are restricting access to basic healthcare, vaccines, nutrition, epidemic control tools, and support for marginalised populations. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/how-u...

Why is #insulin, an essential and lifesaving medication that’s existed for over 100 years, still priced, patented, and distributed like a 💎luxury good💎? Listen as our advocacy advisor, Candice Sehoma, unpacks it on this #podcast episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6p39...

Few people have heard of Happi and Sabeti, yet they not only run a virus detection network to stop the next deadly pandemic but are also breaking down inequity between Africa and the global north by empowering African scientists to improve African lives. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

CSOs continue to call for equitable access at every platform possible.

Message was loud and clear: Don't forget kids affected with tuberculosis! Nearly half of all children with TB are not diagnosed, which means they miss out on access to the lifesaving treatment.

Wow very very innovative protest!

At a session on TB in children, Aman Shukla from YOUNITE Global said that statistics will not change much in future if the community engagement continue to reduce in absence of funding and support #TBSky

Some good examples of countries providing TB treatment and care to refugees and migrants

Very impressive work being done by IOM to support people with TB on the move

Joanna Ladomirska from MSF presenting on TB in migrants. MSF supporting TB treatment and care in Poland to refugees from Ukraine managed to establish linkages and care in countries where these people moved. See map behind her.

Migrants and refugees are more vulnerable to TB and face barriers in accessing TB care and services #TBSky

John Green talks about economic injustice when it comes to tuberculosis. Progress is made but it’s not reaching to the people who most need it. #UnionConf #TBSky

« I thought I was the next one to go down after my best friend died of TB. » said Henry, TB survivor from Sierra Leone and protagonist of John Green’s book ´Everything is TB’. He is at the TB Union Conference today at the plenary sharing his experience of undergoing TB treatment.

Beautiful takeaways on where panelists find hope: when one person with TB gets cured, community movement supporting people who need care, people speaking out about TB , every mother having info about TB, every child with TB getting diagnosed and treated, every person with TB treated as human being.

Happening Now!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqQ...

With a shocking 43% of the children with TB continue to miss diagnosis and hence the treatment in 2024, its time for governments to act now to reduce this deadly gap. Join us for a discussion on improving access to care for children affected with TB www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBqQ... #IDSky #TBSky

Arm twisting by the US government is going to another extreme by tying funding aid to the condition of pathogen sharing. While this sharing will not be attached to condition to access medical tools that are developed from the pathogen information that countries would share.

Proud proud proud ! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/w...

Don’t miss this webinar if you are keen to know why TB in children is a big problem despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment for TB. #IDSky #TBSky

Ritshidze, the world’s largest community-led monitoring system, is in jeopardy following the cuts to U.S development aid announced in January. health-e.org.za/2025/10/23/w...

More on funding cuts impact healthpolicy-watch.news/malaria-resu...

Yet another starting example highlighting that countries and communities continue to suffer as foreign aid depletes, first with US cuts and then by other developed countries. Thanks for your relentless reporting on this topic @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

Some good news from India: Apex court reject Swiss Pharma Roche’s appeal to restrain Indian generics to produce and sell drug for treating spinal muscular atrophy. www.livemint.com/news/india/s...

Katarzyna Motyka from DG Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (HERA) from European Commission pointed out that J&J refused to engage for joint procurement of bedaquiline stating that there is no access problem in the EU.

@jaimemanzano.bsky.social quotes @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social book while talking about Access to TB medicines in Spain. @saludporderecho.bsky.social

One of the big challenges in accessing TB medications in Europe. #TBSky #IDSky

Joanna Ładormirska from MSF Poland talks about absence of systemic approach to treat TB in Poland

Denis Godlevskiy, TB survivor and ITPC EECA, highlights that it’s sad that how so many TB drugs are not registered in Europe as reflected in the Annex chart of MSF publication. This needs to change!

Getting ready for the webinar now.

Its happening today.

New WHO report finds 1 in 6 bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotic treatments. Data from over 100 countries warns that rising resistance to essential antibiotics poses a growing threat to global health. Read more 👉bit.ly/438Ta1u

TB anywhere is TB everywhere. Join us to know the challenges people with TB continue to face in accessing the TB treatment in EU and EEA region. #TBSky #IDSky

The premises on which the US refused to endorse the declaration are beyond absurd - but sadly, not surprising.

Unprecedented!!! The new price lands exactly in the range researchers projected last year ($35–$46/year with 2M doses in demand). A huge win for CSOs & HIV communities who campaigned tirelessly for this 🎉🎉🎉 unitaid.org/news-blog/le...

AIDS is not over; the global AIDS response has been upended in recent months," the UNAIDS statement said, adding much more needed to be done if the world wanted to achieve the goal of ending AIDS by 2030. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

« The executive summary says that many nongovernmental groups that receive funding approved by Congress, especially for technical assistance and program management, “have perverse incentives to self-perpetuate rather than work towards turning functions over to local governments.” »

#LongCOVID is affecting 400M people globally who are often undiagnosed & unsupported. People living with #HIV are 2-4x more likely to develop #LongCOVID. We urgently need research centered on these communities JD Davids tells #SaveAIDSResearch in hour 24. #HIVresearch Join: buff.ly/3OloayN

I wish people in the US demand for this drug to be available in pens at the same price as vials as it is possible. Mode of delivery of a drug cant make it few times more expensive. Its just ridiculous.

US funding cuts impact: Mpox has revealed that the scale of HIV in the country may be far higher than national data suggests. Meanwhile, Trump’s aid cuts left the country scrambling to plug gaps in programmes that has likely hampered the speed of its response, activists have told The Independent.

Why are we so plagued by low self-esteem? “So inexplicable is its grip, so binding its influence, it can feel almost mythic,” Vivian Gornick writes.

Saturday morning run. Need to get up before sun does next time to get a better picture.

The consequences of ongoing and newly announced funding cuts threaten to reverse decades of hard-earned progress in Zimbabwe, where an estimated 1.3 million people are living with HIV significant achievements.