MDR-TB Treatment & Prevention

Learning from HIV Activists to Achieve Zero TB Deaths

Started by Nadza Durakovic on 30 Jul 2012

Dear all,

Dr. Keshavjee published a piece in Huffington Post last week, outlining ways in which the TB community can learn from the achievements of HIV activists in order to reach zero TB deaths - "This means zero deaths now. Not by 2050, not by 2040, not by 2030. It would seem absurd if the HIV community had such goals, and we should not either" (quoted from Keshavjee, Huffington Post 2012). It is an incredibly important and timely post and I urge you to read it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/salmaan-keshavjee/tb-hiv-patients-awareness_b_1...

Any comments would be very welcome.

All the best,

Nadza

Keywords: Advocacy  DR-TB  HIV