PetraHeitkamp
@petraheitkamp.bsky.social
Global Health | public-private partnerships | #EndTB | Comprehensive PHC | bridge builder | Health promotion
Community Manager @tbppm.org
PPM Core Group@WHO
Co-Chair Stop TB Canada
Community Manager @tbppm.org
PPM Core Group@WHO
Co-Chair Stop TB Canada
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Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
Tuberculosis Spawning in Crowded, Dirty ICE Detention Centers
Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.
prospect.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Unsurprising but horrifying. Wherever there are people forced into crowded living conditions, there will be tuberculosis. Wherever people are dehumanized, there will be tuberculosis. prospect.org/health/2025-...
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How is tuberculosis safely diagnosed and researched?
Khalima Mamutova guides us through the BSL-3 lab in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
Khalima Mamutova guides us through the BSL-3 lab in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
August 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How is tuberculosis safely diagnosed and researched?
Khalima Mamutova guides us through the BSL-3 lab in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
Khalima Mamutova guides us through the BSL-3 lab in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
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🚨🧵My latest:
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered. - KFF Health News
Trump officials sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists, slowing their response to the measles outbreak in West Texas. Cases surged and sparked new outbreaks across the U.S. and Mexico. Together...
kffhealthnews.org
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨🧵My latest:
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As measles took off in Texas, the Trump administration took actions that prevented CDC scientists from responding.
The outbreak became the biggest in 30 yrs. It’s far larger considering the outbreaks it sparked in other states & Mexico. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Great to see Bill Gates in convo with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, highlight #Tuberculosis and John's amazing book.
Optimism despite funding constraints: new technologies and the moral justice are on the side of the good fight to #EndTB
www.gatesnotes.com/everything-i...
Optimism despite funding constraints: new technologies and the moral justice are on the side of the good fight to #EndTB
www.gatesnotes.com/everything-i...
July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great to see Bill Gates in convo with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, highlight #Tuberculosis and John's amazing book.
Optimism despite funding constraints: new technologies and the moral justice are on the side of the good fight to #EndTB
www.gatesnotes.com/everything-i...
Optimism despite funding constraints: new technologies and the moral justice are on the side of the good fight to #EndTB
www.gatesnotes.com/everything-i...
The World Needs More Compassion—Canada Must Step Up in Global Health
Canada🇨🇦 has a unique position of convening power as #G7 Chair. While missing the moment last week, it can still table shared values reflecting not just fiscal- but also moral responsibility.
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/g7-cana...
Canada🇨🇦 has a unique position of convening power as #G7 Chair. While missing the moment last week, it can still table shared values reflecting not just fiscal- but also moral responsibility.
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/g7-cana...
The World Needs More Compassion — Canada Must Step Up in Global Health — Stop TB Canada
By: Petra Heitkamp, Co-Chair, Stop TB Canada/ Community Manager TBPPM Learning Network When Canada hosted the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, last week it had a strong opportunity to le...
www.stoptbcanada.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The World Needs More Compassion—Canada Must Step Up in Global Health
Canada🇨🇦 has a unique position of convening power as #G7 Chair. While missing the moment last week, it can still table shared values reflecting not just fiscal- but also moral responsibility.
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/g7-cana...
Canada🇨🇦 has a unique position of convening power as #G7 Chair. While missing the moment last week, it can still table shared values reflecting not just fiscal- but also moral responsibility.
www.stoptbcanada.com/news/g7-cana...
"it is important to stop separating the “global” from the “local.”
...global health as distant crisis, an outbreak confined to another country, or a problem requiring solutions from others undermines Canada’s capacity to lead decisively"
@tivabaral.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
...global health as distant crisis, an outbreak confined to another country, or a problem requiring solutions from others undermines Canada’s capacity to lead decisively"
@tivabaral.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Global health is in crisis: How can Canada contribute?
journals.plos.org
June 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"it is important to stop separating the “global” from the “local.”
...global health as distant crisis, an outbreak confined to another country, or a problem requiring solutions from others undermines Canada’s capacity to lead decisively"
@tivabaral.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
...global health as distant crisis, an outbreak confined to another country, or a problem requiring solutions from others undermines Canada’s capacity to lead decisively"
@tivabaral.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
"The Deadly Effect of Trumps USAID Policy" and how it is crushing #EndTB programs around the globe.
Call for Canada to continue leading and step up to End TB globally and at home (Stop TB Canada)
@robynwaite.bsky.social in @thediplomat.com
issuu.com/diplomatonli... (p84-88)
Call for Canada to continue leading and step up to End TB globally and at home (Stop TB Canada)
@robynwaite.bsky.social in @thediplomat.com
issuu.com/diplomatonli... (p84-88)
June 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"The Deadly Effect of Trumps USAID Policy" and how it is crushing #EndTB programs around the globe.
Call for Canada to continue leading and step up to End TB globally and at home (Stop TB Canada)
@robynwaite.bsky.social in @thediplomat.com
issuu.com/diplomatonli... (p84-88)
Call for Canada to continue leading and step up to End TB globally and at home (Stop TB Canada)
@robynwaite.bsky.social in @thediplomat.com
issuu.com/diplomatonli... (p84-88)
Thanks to all in Health Canada, PHAC, ISC, Stop TB Canada and many partners... 🤩 Together we can #EndTB
🚨👀💊In exciting, if overdue, news... a submission has been made to Health Canada for approval of #rifapentine (an #EssentialMedicine for #tuberculosis).
May 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thanks to all in Health Canada, PHAC, ISC, Stop TB Canada and many partners... 🤩 Together we can #EndTB
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We are advancing the future of TB prevention and care!💡📱
🌍 We're proud to share that as a leading organization on TB prevention and care, experts from KNCV TB Plus will join as faculty team in one of the summer courses offered by McGill University Summer Institutes in Global Health this year. #TBSky
🌍 We're proud to share that as a leading organization on TB prevention and care, experts from KNCV TB Plus will join as faculty team in one of the summer courses offered by McGill University Summer Institutes in Global Health this year. #TBSky
Engaging all health providers to End TB: Public-Private Mix (PPM)
Engaging all health providers to End TB: Public-Private Mix (PPM) | May 26-30, 2025 “[I have an] improved understanding of the key challenges in enhancing PPM and engaging private sector for TB diagno...
www.mcgill.ca
May 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We are advancing the future of TB prevention and care!💡📱
🌍 We're proud to share that as a leading organization on TB prevention and care, experts from KNCV TB Plus will join as faculty team in one of the summer courses offered by McGill University Summer Institutes in Global Health this year. #TBSky
🌍 We're proud to share that as a leading organization on TB prevention and care, experts from KNCV TB Plus will join as faculty team in one of the summer courses offered by McGill University Summer Institutes in Global Health this year. #TBSky
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Hot Damn! Everything is Tuberculosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upp...
John Green - “Everything Is Tuberculosis” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hot Damn! Everything is Tuberculosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upp...
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
Starting in 15min! Not too late to register and join
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⏰ Reminder!
📅 Our TB webinar is happening April 11!
Don’t miss this important topic on how private providers are helping drive early TB detection and quality care for all.
🔗 Still time to register: www.tbppm.org/events/175959
📅 Our TB webinar is happening April 11!
Don’t miss this important topic on how private providers are helping drive early TB detection and quality care for all.
🔗 Still time to register: www.tbppm.org/events/175959
April 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Starting in 15min! Not too late to register and join
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New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
April 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
New pre-print modelling impact of US funding cuts on HIV, #TB, MCH and family planning. We estimate impact of termination of US funding to NTPs via #USAID & The Global Fund may lead to 2.2 (1.5-2.9) million excess TB deaths between 2025 and 2040, reversing over a decade of progress.
bit.ly/4lowp18
bit.ly/4lowp18
"Given #TB disproportionally affects those of working age, and can be costly and complex to treat, TB generates huge costs (lost productivity and health system expenditures). Investments in TB prevention, early detection and treatment yield extremely high returns"
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
Long Seen As The ‘Pandemic Of The Poor,’ TB Is A Threat To Us All
TB can be found in every major city, in every country. Failing to control it threatens global health security. Now is not the moment to turn our backs on the disease.
www.forbes.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Given #TB disproportionally affects those of working age, and can be costly and complex to treat, TB generates huge costs (lost productivity and health system expenditures). Investments in TB prevention, early detection and treatment yield extremely high returns"
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
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Interesting piece: "How Bangladesh’s pharma revolution succeeded against the odds - Bangladesh defied Big Pharma to create a thriving low-cost generic drug industry – with regulation and policy lessons for India, Southasia and the world" www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
How Bangladesh’s pharma revolution succeeded against the odds
This story is part of “Pills, Perils, Profits”, a Himal investigative series on Southasian pharmaceutical manufacturing and exports.Reporting for this story was
www.himalmag.com
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Interesting piece: "How Bangladesh’s pharma revolution succeeded against the odds - Bangladesh defied Big Pharma to create a thriving low-cost generic drug industry – with regulation and policy lessons for India, Southasia and the world" www.himalmag.com/politics/ban...
👇 Do read to understand what is happening due to USA government policies..
TB anywhere is TB everywhere!
#EndTB #FundingCutsCostLives
TB anywhere is TB everywhere!
#EndTB #FundingCutsCostLives
A MUST READ! Our colleagues from around the world share their on the ground experiences of how US folly of withdrawing funding from #Globalhealth is impacting the fight against #tuberculosis.
#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/30/h...
#FundingCutsCostLives #CommitInvestDeliver
edition.cnn.com/2025/03/30/h...
Tuberculosis is the world’s top infectious killer. Aid groups say Trump’s funding freezes will cause more deaths | CNN
Doctors and aid workers warn that the freeze to USAID-funded TB programs is likely to cause thousands of unnecessary deaths and a rise in TB infections worldwide, and create the conditions for an extr...
edition.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
👇 Do read to understand what is happening due to USA government policies..
TB anywhere is TB everywhere!
#EndTB #FundingCutsCostLives
TB anywhere is TB everywhere!
#EndTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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I've updated this list of terrific global health books!
New books by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, @carlzimmer.com & Bill Foege are included
communities.springernature.com/posts/if-you...
New books by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, @carlzimmer.com & Bill Foege are included
communities.springernature.com/posts/if-you...
If you had to read one book on global health...
If there is 1 book that you would like all global health students to read, it would be.....? Here is an impressive list of over 430 books generated by this question on Twitter!
communities.springernature.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've updated this list of terrific global health books!
New books by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, @carlzimmer.com & Bill Foege are included
communities.springernature.com/posts/if-you...
New books by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, @adamjkucharski.bsky.social, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, @carlzimmer.com & Bill Foege are included
communities.springernature.com/posts/if-you...
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🎥 Join us for this important webinar!
A strong and resilient TB response starts with early detection and quality care—wherever people seek it, whether public or private.
🔗Register here www.tbppm.org/events/175959
A strong and resilient TB response starts with early detection and quality care—wherever people seek it, whether public or private.
🔗Register here www.tbppm.org/events/175959
March 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎥 Join us for this important webinar!
A strong and resilient TB response starts with early detection and quality care—wherever people seek it, whether public or private.
🔗Register here www.tbppm.org/events/175959
A strong and resilient TB response starts with early detection and quality care—wherever people seek it, whether public or private.
🔗Register here www.tbppm.org/events/175959
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This #WorldTBWeek, we are highlighting #StoriesThatMatter, those stories of people and communities affected by #tuberculosis (TB).🎙️
👉 Dr. Vijayashree Yellappa, KNCV TB expert, started her work on #TB as a clinical practitioner over 25 years ago.
www.kncvtbc.org/en/2025/03/2...
#TBSky #IDSky
👉 Dr. Vijayashree Yellappa, KNCV TB expert, started her work on #TB as a clinical practitioner over 25 years ago.
www.kncvtbc.org/en/2025/03/2...
#TBSky #IDSky
www.kncvtbc.org
March 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This #WorldTBWeek, we are highlighting #StoriesThatMatter, those stories of people and communities affected by #tuberculosis (TB).🎙️
👉 Dr. Vijayashree Yellappa, KNCV TB expert, started her work on #TB as a clinical practitioner over 25 years ago.
www.kncvtbc.org/en/2025/03/2...
#TBSky #IDSky
👉 Dr. Vijayashree Yellappa, KNCV TB expert, started her work on #TB as a clinical practitioner over 25 years ago.
www.kncvtbc.org/en/2025/03/2...
#TBSky #IDSky
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YOUNITE Global proudly presents the **YOUNITE TB Song**—a powerful anthem for TB awareness, early detection, prevention, and treatment. This isn’t just music; it’s a movement to break the stigma and push for a TB-free world.
#younite4tb #commitinvestdeliver #yeswecanendtb
#younite4tb #commitinvestdeliver #yeswecanendtb
March 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
YOUNITE Global proudly presents the **YOUNITE TB Song**—a powerful anthem for TB awareness, early detection, prevention, and treatment. This isn’t just music; it’s a movement to break the stigma and push for a TB-free world.
#younite4tb #commitinvestdeliver #yeswecanendtb
#younite4tb #commitinvestdeliver #yeswecanendtb
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“We are made to feel guilty about caring for others. We should not apologize for not self-censoring ourselves, our fights are important.” @madhupai.bsky.social
Likeminded communities are important, essential for resistance movements. Stay informed, stay strong. Donate: PIHcanada.org/crisis
Likeminded communities are important, essential for resistance movements. Stay informed, stay strong. Donate: PIHcanada.org/crisis
A Crisis We Can’t Ignore
Global funding cuts are putting millions at risk. PIH is fighting to keep clinics open and provide lifesaving care. Donate now to protect the most vulnerable and save lives.
PIHcanada.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“We are made to feel guilty about caring for others. We should not apologize for not self-censoring ourselves, our fights are important.” @madhupai.bsky.social
Likeminded communities are important, essential for resistance movements. Stay informed, stay strong. Donate: PIHcanada.org/crisis
Likeminded communities are important, essential for resistance movements. Stay informed, stay strong. Donate: PIHcanada.org/crisis
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The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.
Hold the administration to account.
Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
Hold the administration to account.
Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
March 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date.
Hold the administration to account.
Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
Hold the administration to account.
Tb.impactcounter.com
#tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Welcome everyone to our webinar: Turmoil, TB Care, & Taking Action, follow along as we post some of the highlights 👇
Tune in: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
@theunion-tblh.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @tbfighters.org
Tune in: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
@theunion-tblh.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @tbfighters.org
Register | Turmoil, TB Care, & Taking Action
Join experts on World TB Day to discuss the history, innovations, and social justice impact of TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
act.pih.org
March 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Welcome everyone to our webinar: Turmoil, TB Care, & Taking Action, follow along as we post some of the highlights 👇
Tune in: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
@theunion-tblh.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @tbfighters.org
Tune in: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
@theunion-tblh.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @tbfighters.org
Read along in this wonderful live 🧵on the Webinar "Turmoil, TB care & Take Action
Join live now: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
Join live now: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
March 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Read along in this wonderful live 🧵on the Webinar "Turmoil, TB care & Take Action
Join live now: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
Join live now: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
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Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social