ending TB: why progress must be protectedEvery year on March 24th, World Tuberculosis Day reminds us of both how far we’ve come and how much work remains. Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable, treatable, and curable. Yet today, it remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease, continuing to take millions of lives and affect families and communities across the globe. The reality is difficult […]
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Andre Tinio: TB survivor and #EndTB championAndre Tinio is many things: Albertan, social worker, child of Filipino immigrants but, more recently, he’s also felt the grips of tuberculosis (TB) and now advocates for a world where no one else has to experience this disease.
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Canada’s lackluster presence at the UN high-level meeting on TBLast week, at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB, Canada had an opportunity to reaffirm its commitment to eliminating TB but failed to fully step up. We celebrate the successes that came out of this global meeting but also express our disappointment in the lack of meaningful and bold leadership from Canada.
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