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Tatenda Zoe Makoni, MPH
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Medical Student, Infectious Diseases, Global Public Health| Views my own| she/her
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Gilead’s trial participants outside the U.S. deserve more than to be studied. They deserve access to the drugs they helped make possible!

In my first @statnews.com piece, I call for global equity regarding lenacapavir. Thanks @thekibosch.bsky.social for holding my story with care 🫶🏾
#IDSky
Could an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
Can an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
www.statnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Y'all know I love that horse lady!
My last piece was about her and yes, this one circled back too.
The muse is the muse. I just follow where she points.
Inspired by a history that refuses to stay silent.

Link to my Substack in bio👆🏾
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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'The weight of the evidence has tipped heavily in favor of HPV vaccination" @hildabast.bsky.social

but we now need to deal with growing vaccine hesistancy!

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Gilead’s trial participants outside the U.S. deserve more than to be studied. They deserve access to the drugs they helped make possible!

In my first @statnews.com piece, I call for global equity regarding lenacapavir. Thanks @thekibosch.bsky.social for holding my story with care 🫶🏾
#IDSky
Could an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
Can an HIV miracle drug actually reach people like my parents?
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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If you see this picture in your IDSA daily news, just know that I’m mortified 🤣

Saving grace is standing with my amazing mentee Tatenda Makoni @tatezoe.bsky.social ❤️
May 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
First SNMA Annual Medical Education Conference #AMEC
April 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Year ✌🏾 of planning the Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast with @fenwayhealth.bsky.social! #Boston fam, come through!

My girl, former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, will be gracing us with her presence, & you do not want to miss it!

Register here: fenwayhealth.org/help/events/...
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I feel like I’m part of some bizarre experiment—because there’s no way this is real 🤔
a man wearing a hawaiian shirt with elephants on it
ALT: a man wearing a hawaiian shirt with elephants on it
media.tenor.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I’ll never forgive y’all for not voting for that lady. Now I can’t even listen to Lemonade without mourning what could have been 😭
a woman is singing into a microphone on a stage and says `` freedom '' .
ALT: a woman is singing into a microphone on a stage and says `` freedom '' .
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The global fund will roll out twice yearly Lenacapavir for prevention of HIV with or without #PEPFAR. Now the US contributes 30% of the global fund donations which is likely to disappear. Still important the fund is not backing away from this commitment 👏🏼.
bhekisisa.org/health-news-...
The Global Fund will roll out the twice-yearly anti-HIV jab — with or without Pepfar - Bhekisisa
The major backer of the lenacapavir roll-out is assuring nervous researchers that they will keep their part of funding promises. It’s a good economic investment, says the Fund’s Peter Sands, into a ga...
bhekisisa.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
@drjessigold.bsky.social 👋🏾 currently reading your book and I just want to say THANK YOU! 🥹
January 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
👋🏾 @mcuban.bsky.social first year medical student here looking for opportunities to learn/work with @costplusdrugs.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇🏾

I’m Tatenda and I’m a habitual noise maker.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇

I’m Rex and I’m disrupting the class, because some people actually want to learn.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇

I'm Randi, and I'm often in another world.
November 22, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Any Kendrick Lamar fans on here?👀
#GNX
November 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Someone please tell me for real for real, is this the “Bad Place”? 🤦🏽‍♀️
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I’ve been following @wetheurban.bsky.social for a while now, and Willie Greene has truly been my Instagram therapist lol. Decided to celebrate myself with this early birthday gift 🫶🏾
November 19, 2024 at 5:04 AM
👋🏾 #BlueSky and #IDSky! I’m Tatenda, a med student passionate about infectious diseases and global health. Still navigating my place in the world of medicine. Also, a pop culture enthusiast—if I weren’t in medicine, I’d probably be Beyoncé’s publicist 🤭
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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November 14, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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Maybe, just maybe, the real #MedTwitter was all the friends we made along the way.

#MedSky
November 11, 2024 at 2:31 AM