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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 15d

Today, harmful stories are shaping the global conversation, constraining policy ambition.

Our new report identifies how to overcome these stories.

PUBLIG GOOD: Building a winning narrative to bring the world together

By Jonathan Glennie & Ben Phillips

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Public Good Narrative Project - Global Cooperation Institute

September 2025

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MSF Access @msfaccess.org · May 15

As per @treatmentactiongroup.org and MSF’s analysis, TB trials that are at risk include new drugs and shorter, safer regimens for treatment and prevention, an optimised regimen for TB meningitis, and therapeutic and preventive vaccines.

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MSF Access @msfaccess.org · May 15

Cutting support to sites in South Africa that are part of international clinical trial networks could derail up to 30% of global TB trial enrollment and between 50-90 % for studies focused on pediatric and pregnant populations.

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Kerry Cullinan @kerrycullinan.bsky.social · May 15

The @treatmentactiongroup.org has quantified some of the impact of #NIH withdrawing funds for #TB and #HIV in South Africa, which produced knowledge for the world in trials, research etc.

A heartbreaking waste of 30+ yr investment ⬇️

www.treatmentactiongroup.org/publication/...

South Africa's TB and HIV Research at Risk: A Call to Catalyze Urgent Action by Funders – Treatment Action Group

Developed by TAG, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the South African Medical Research Council, this issue brief provides information about TB and HIV clinical trials and research programs impacted by U.S...

www.treatmentactiongroup.org

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Roz Scourse @rozscourse.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today in PLOS Global Public Health, MSF has published the costs of its landmark TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial. This is the first time the detailed costs of an individual clinical trial have ever been shared, challenging the lack of transparency in drug R&D costs 🧵

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Cost analysis of the TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial on novel tuberculosis treatment regimens

Clinical trials are considered to be the largest contributor to pharmaceutical development costs. However, public disclosure of the costs of individual clinical trials is rare. Médecins Sans Frontiè...

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seda @sedayerlikaya.bsky.social · Apr 22

The R2D2 TB Network Consortium has released a preprint on the first study evaluating novel swab-based near-POC MTB assays for TB detection in adults and adolescents.

🔗 Read the preprint here: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

#R2D2TBNetwork #Tuberculosis #DiagnosticAccuracy #GlobalHealth

Diagnostic accuracy of swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using novel near point-of-care platforms: A multi-country evaluation

Background Swab-based molecular platforms that enable testing of both sputum (via swabs swirled in sputum) and tongue swabs are emerging as a promising option for more accessible and lower cost molecu...

www.medrxiv.org

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Saloni Fruehauf @salonifruehauf.bsky.social · Apr 8

Gratitude and respect for these perseverant, dedicated campaigners who’ve carried the baton through every storm and battle - your integrity, passion, and tireless ethic bring hope, even in the darkest of times. You are the heartbeat of #TimeFor5. Thank you for never giving up. 💛✊

TBFighters @tbfighters.org · Apr 8

TBFighters went to Danaher's door today with a simple message: it's #TimeFor5, to release their audit, and put #PeopleOverProfits. If 600 emails in one day aren't enough to make our voices heard, we'll just keep shouting louder! tbfighters.org/action

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Saloni Fruehauf @salonifruehauf.bsky.social · Mar 24

This weekend was the most uplifting, inspiring one I’ve had this year amidst all political chaos. John Green's works are a gift to humanity! I feel privileged, humbled to find myself in this sea of global health & #tuberculosis advocates. A ray of hope this #WorldTBDay day to continue the fight.
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Carole Mitnick @cdmitpih.bsky.social · Mar 24

TB anywhere is a threat to people [email protected] reminds us that we choose to live in a world where TB, a curable, preventable disease, can hurt children. It does not have to be this way. #WorldTBDay

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · Mar 24

#JustPublished!
Childhood #tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe.

Read our press release: bit.ly/4kSjgNF
Joint ECDC-WHO Europe report: bit.ly/41UtrIP

#WorldTBDay #WorldTuberculosisDay #EndTB

Childhood tuberculosis cases rise by 10%: a disturbing wake-up call for Europe

The 2025 Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring report shows that children under 15 years of age accounted for 4.3% of those with new and relapsed tuberculosis (TB) in the WHO European Region, repre...

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Alissa Rothchild @alissarothchild.bsky.social · Mar 24

It's #WorldTBDay. Let's remember that even before recent threats to #Tuberculosis funding, there was a funding gap for #TBdiagnosis, #TBtreatment, and #TBresearch.

We must increase (not decrease) global health investments to fight this epidemic.

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TBFighters @tbfighters.org · Mar 24

Today is #WorldTBDay! With the recent setbacks in the fight against TB, it's easy to forget the progress we've made as well, so we're here to remind you: hard work in community with others creates change and empowers progress. Let's celebrate these wins!

Happy World TB Day. Here are some things to celebrate: The price of bedaquiline dropped by over 50%! 75 million lives were saved in the past 25 years due to global efforts to end TB! The reccomended treatment length was reduced to 6 months! Yes, we can end TB!

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tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social @tb-cheesebarn.bsky.social · Mar 24

TBFighters haven't forgotten that it's still #TimeFor5.
Danaher needs to produce their long-overdue audit. Can you believe we have been waiting for two occurrences of #WorldTBDay now?

WHO @who.int · Mar 24

It's #WorldTBDay.

To ensure quick diagnosis and early treatment, WHO recommends the use of rapid molecular #tuberculosis (TB) tests as the initial diagnostic test for all persons with signs and symptoms of TB.

Learn more about TB 👉 bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 24

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives

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Tofu @tbfightertofu.bsky.social · Mar 23

Forget girl math, the real clown here is America math. Make this make sense:
For $200 million, you can either have:
10 hit-or-miss episodes of #Severance
-or-
67 million tuberculosis tests, if #Danaher actually sold them at cost
-or-
pay off the entire national debt of Sierra Leone

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 23

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."

Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 15

By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make the world’s deadliest infectious disease untreatable again, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social writes.

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse

By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.

www.theatlantic.com

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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · Mar 13

US funding cuts are devastating the global #tuberculosis response.

🧵See what’s happening and what you can do about it. ⬇️

All calls to action can be found here
www.tbcommunitycoordinationhub.com
tbfighters.org/usaid-freeze

Impact of US funding cuts on tuberculosis response

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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · Mar 12

The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.

Hold the administration to account.

Tb.impactcounter.com

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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · Mar 11

This is THE STORY THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ to know the devastating impact of the US fund freeze on the ground. Kenya is just one example of what is happening in many other high TB burden countries dependent on US funding. #TBSky Thanks @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/h...

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

www.nytimes.com

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Jocalyn Clark @jocalynclark.bsky.social · Mar 11

In its 80 year history, the UN has been exclusively ruled by men

A growing movement is calling for a woman UNSG to help bring about reform and strengthen #globalhealth

My new piece in @bmj.com

Inside the movement to elect a woman as UN secretary general

In its 80 year history, the United Nations has been exclusively ruled by men. A growing movement is calling for women’s leadership of the international body to help bring about reform and strengthen g...

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Mar 10

Very grateful to the TB Community Coordination Hub for finding ways to gather data even when funding for data-gathering has been canceled.

This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Survey Results Press Release (1).docx

US funding cuts drives mass layoffs of healthcare workers and TB Care services leading to heightening risk of transmission and development of drug resistance Abrupt funding cuts threaten to reverse a...

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Politics and Health @politicshealth.bsky.social · Mar 10

These are the words, though this probably isn’t the complete list.

“Women” are to be erased from government records.

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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · Mar 7

Standing up for science in Philly!

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Saloni Fruehauf @salonifruehauf.bsky.social · Mar 7

"There is no disagreement that foreign aid makes a difference; more resources are needed, not less. An estimated US$22 billion is required annually for TB diagnostic, treatment and prevention services by 2027. Yet only US$5.7 billion was available in 2023."

www.globalissues.org/news/2025/03...

Solutions To TB and HIV Benefit All of Us, North and South

PRINCETON, New Jersey, USA, Mar 06 (IPS) - In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else i...

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