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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 16h

📊 This evidence comes from our TB Specific Impact Survey, conducted during the Stop TB Work Orders with 180 responses from 39 countries.

SHARE THIS. Make it impossible to ignore.
#TBCrisis #ScreeningSavesLives #RestoreTBFunding #PublicHealthEmergency #EndTB

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 16h

This isn’t just numbers. This is your neighbor. Your colleague. Your child’s teacher.
Every day of inaction = more infections, more deaths, more drug resistance.
The funding freeze has created a ticking time bomb. We CANNOT let TB win.

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 16h

From @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social
🚨 RING THE ALARM: Nearly half of TB screening services have stopped.
Right now, while you read this, people living with TB are going undiagnosed. Untreated. Left without access to care and unable to protect their families.
● 46% stopped ❌

● 37% scaled down 📉

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Stop TB Canada @stoptbcanada.bsky.social · 1d

Undernutrition remains one of the most significant drivers of the TB epidemic globally. Check out these new guidelines and recommendations from @who.int to tackle undernutrition and food insecurity and #EndTB.

createsend.com/t/d-F393E7F7...

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 2d

World leaders, are you listening? The data is overwhelming. The time for action is NOW. Restore funding and programs to #EndTB
#TBServicesDisrupted #GlobalHealthCrisis #RestoreTBFunding #EndTB

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 2d

What “severe impact” really means:
❌ Clinics closing
❌ Health staff terminated
❌ People lost to follow-up mid-treatment
❌ Communities left without access to diagnosis
Only 9% reported no disruption, so 91% of participants are struggling.

These aren’t just statistics, these are lives at stake.

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 2d

H/t @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social

THE EVIDENCE IS UNDENIABLE: worldwide disruption of TB prevention and care.
● 52% report severe impact 🚨
● 24% report significant impact ⚠️
This is evidence from the TB Specific Impact Survey, conducted during the Stop TB Work Orders: 180 responses from 39 countries.

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 8d

Who's most at risk?
- Nearly 1 in 4 new TB cases in 2024 were in people 65+
- Many Medicare recipients face added risks

Ask your members of Congress to urge CMS to start the long-delayed review for Medicare LTBI testing coverage.
Take action at stoptbusa.org/take-action

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 14d

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 14d

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Healthy lungs = a healthier world. Let's act this World Lung day.
#endTB #worldlungday #stoptbnow

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 15d

Testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) saves lives and money. But Medicare has stalled...
- Over 25 organizations called on CMS to act nearly 2 years ago.
-TB cases are the highest in a decade.
- Older Americans are at greater risk.
@globalsentinels.bsky.social @tbfighters.org @wearetb.bsky.social

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · 23d

This is critical. Have a few minutes? Watch the livestream, take action.

TAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · 23d

For the next 24 hours: saveaidsresearch.org

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Sep 4

StopTBUSA has signed on. Please share.

IDSA @idsainfo.bsky.social · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.

Our statement: https://bit.ly/45LeJHi

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Sep 2

There's going to be value for everyone, but especially TB peeps north of the border. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@tbfighters.org @tschampl.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social @globalsentinels.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: #LeadOnTB training 1: TB and the power of advocacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

This info session will provide you with an overview of the power of advocacy, highlighting why the voices of everyday Canadians matter to decisionmakers, as well as the critical necessity of advocatin...

us02web.zoom.us

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Aug 18

Come with questions.

Partners In Health @pih.org · Aug 12

Global health funding just took a major hit. So… what happens next?

Ask us directly in our Reddit AMA on Mon, Aug 18 at 2 PM ET with Vincent Lin & Lucas Allen from our advocacy team.

Follow the thread for more information and get reminded of the event: bit.ly/3Hkyv2S

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Aug 10

Heads up everyone:

Months ago the CDC said the last day to order publications on demand was September 2.

Now according to their website, it's this Friday, August 15.

wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/

@altcdc.altgov.info, @wearetb.bsky.social , @stoptb.bsky.social, @robynwaite.bsky.social, @tbfighters.org

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wwwn.cdc.gov

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Aug 7

And then there's the human benefit...

YOUNITE Global @younite4tb.bsky.social · Aug 6

💰 Billions Saved. Millions Helped.

Since 2002, Global Fund programs have saved up to $2.9 billion in healthcare costs and freed hospital beds—allowing health systems to focus on broader care.

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Jul 28

What is TB? PDFs (in both original and printer-friendly form) are downloadable at linktr.ee/stoptbusa

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Jul 15

It's not just about food and medicine, it's about infrastructure that delivers supplies to those in need, and when that's gone you simply cannot turn on an aid spigot in a moment of decency.

@pih.org shows the way for you to take action, make your voice heard.

win.newmode.net/callaboutres...

New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

win.newmode.net

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Jun 21

@tschampl.bsky.social @wearetb.bsky.social

TAG - Treatment Action Group @treatmentactiongroup.org · Jun 20

DEADLINE for TAG + WHO's Community Perceptions and Preferences Regarding Long-Acting Technologies for TB Treatment and Prevention Survey is Monday, June 23 at 5 PM NYC. taglink.info/m/TBLATs

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · May 25

Readers of the StopTB Wire know we've written about this book twice: once from a pTB survivor and once from a woman of color who has a medical degree. Read the book, and you'll see why it deserves such extensive attention from multiple angles.

Maria Smilios @mariasmilios.bsky.social · May 25

⭐️SALE⭐️

Read abt the Black Angels who risked their lives caring for TB patients during a dreadful time in history: the pre-antibiotic age of the Great Depression in country entrenched in the horror of Jim Crow

And helped cure TB
And were forgotten

@nadinesmith.bsky.social
@madhupai.bsky.social

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · May 18

Critical opportunity. Please attend.

Partners In Health @pih.org · May 17

2/ Join us and a coalition of organizations across health care, immigration, climate justice, and more for a Virtual Rally & Town Hall to stop this bill. Together, we’ll get briefed, get organized, and raise our voices to demand Congress #VoteNo

take action: act.pih.org/defend-medic...

Register | National Organizing Call

Register now to receive a join link and invitation before the event begins

act.pih.org

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · May 14

If you've read the book, you know this is not to be missed.
www.youtube.com/live/GnbXE3a...

@wearetb.bsky.social @stoptb.bsky.social @tschampl.bsky.social

StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Apr 16

Please forward:
CDC On Demand Publications Warehouse is Closing

The last day to place orders for printed materials is September 2, 2025.

Currently, the Publications Warehouse has more than 1,000 publications in multiple languages.

Questions? please contact [email protected].

@altcdc.altgov.info

Tuberculosis (TB)

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>.

www.cdc.gov

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StopTB USA @stoptbusa.bsky.social · Apr 16

Survivors getting to tell their stories is critical to our efforts to #EndTB. Here is @wearetb.bsky.social's Rebecca talking at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's World TB Day on March 24th

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