We Are TB
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We Are TB is a community of people affected by tuberculosis in the United States. Here to educate, advocate, empower. 💚🌿
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For our #InfectiousDisease Special Issue we interviewed Dr Sifumba Zolelwa who discusses how her experience as a #tuberculosis survivor, along with her training as a medical doctor, complements her work as a #PatientAdvocate
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November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
For our #InfectiousDisease Special Issue we interviewed Dr Sifumba Zolelwa who discusses how her experience as a #tuberculosis survivor, along with her training as a medical doctor, complements her work as a #PatientAdvocate
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Amazing job by Sue at the Four Corners Conference last week in Colorado! Sue gave a passionate talk about her family’s history with TB and the need for social services and support. Sue is an incredible advocate for people with TB and we are so grateful for her activism!
#FourCornersConference
#FourCornersConference
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Amazing job by Sue at the Four Corners Conference last week in Colorado! Sue gave a passionate talk about her family’s history with TB and the need for social services and support. Sue is an incredible advocate for people with TB and we are so grateful for her activism!
#FourCornersConference
#FourCornersConference
Thank you Kelly & Aiyana for your presentation at the New England TB Clinicians Conference! It’s so important to hear from those affected by TB when we talk about the disease. Reminder that Aiyana has also shared her experiences in her recent poetry collection, The Underdream! #tuberculosis
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thank you Kelly & Aiyana for your presentation at the New England TB Clinicians Conference! It’s so important to hear from those affected by TB when we talk about the disease. Reminder that Aiyana has also shared her experiences in her recent poetry collection, The Underdream! #tuberculosis
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It's a rainy day on Parliament Hill but that isn't stopping our TB advocates in the fight for Canada to #LeadOnTB ! Nearly one hundred advocates are meeting with MPs and Senators today, and you can support the fight to #EndTB too by sending a message to your MP now! pihcanada.org/tell-c...
September 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's a rainy day on Parliament Hill but that isn't stopping our TB advocates in the fight for Canada to #LeadOnTB ! Nearly one hundred advocates are meeting with MPs and Senators today, and you can support the fight to #EndTB too by sending a message to your MP now! pihcanada.org/tell-c...
🚨ACTION ALERT! 🚨Medicare coverage for TB infection is NOT available consistently across the country despite older Americans being at a greater risk! Please this out and contact your representatives! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #Medicare
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.
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- 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
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨ACTION ALERT! 🚨Medicare coverage for TB infection is NOT available consistently across the country despite older Americans being at a greater risk! Please this out and contact your representatives! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #Medicare
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, yet it often goes unnoticed. Every year, 10 million people fall sick and 1.5 million die.
We can change this. Awareness, testing, and treatment save lives.
Watch @wearetb.bsky.social Kate O’Brien explain why TB needs to matter 👇
We can change this. Awareness, testing, and treatment save lives.
Watch @wearetb.bsky.social Kate O’Brien explain why TB needs to matter 👇
September 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, yet it often goes unnoticed. Every year, 10 million people fall sick and 1.5 million die.
We can change this. Awareness, testing, and treatment save lives.
Watch @wearetb.bsky.social Kate O’Brien explain why TB needs to matter 👇
We can change this. Awareness, testing, and treatment save lives.
Watch @wearetb.bsky.social Kate O’Brien explain why TB needs to matter 👇
Thank you so much to The Global TB Institute at @rutgersnewarkoll.bsky.social
for having #WeAreTB ‘s Maggy present at their TB Intensive! It’s so important for people working in healthcare to hear lived experiences, thank you Maggy for sharing yours! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
for having #WeAreTB ‘s Maggy present at their TB Intensive! It’s so important for people working in healthcare to hear lived experiences, thank you Maggy for sharing yours! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thank you so much to The Global TB Institute at @rutgersnewarkoll.bsky.social
for having #WeAreTB ‘s Maggy present at their TB Intensive! It’s so important for people working in healthcare to hear lived experiences, thank you Maggy for sharing yours! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
for having #WeAreTB ‘s Maggy present at their TB Intensive! It’s so important for people working in healthcare to hear lived experiences, thank you Maggy for sharing yours! #tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
Thanks @globalhealthorg.bsky.social & @worldhepalliance.bsky.social for having Kate for “Exploring the Overlap Between NCDs & Communicable Diseases”. Many people in #tuberculosis treatment are also managing other health concerns - everyone deserves comprehensive care! #UNGA #TB
September 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks @globalhealthorg.bsky.social & @worldhepalliance.bsky.social for having Kate for “Exploring the Overlap Between NCDs & Communicable Diseases”. Many people in #tuberculosis treatment are also managing other health concerns - everyone deserves comprehensive care! #UNGA #TB
Celebrating the release of Aiyana’s poetry collection, The Underdream, out on August 19th! Aiyana wrote these poems while healing from #Tuberculosis during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pre-order until August 12 for 20% off retail price. Use QR code or check out: www.AiyanaMasla.com/poetry
July 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Celebrating the release of Aiyana’s poetry collection, The Underdream, out on August 19th! Aiyana wrote these poems while healing from #Tuberculosis during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Pre-order until August 12 for 20% off retail price. Use QR code or check out: www.AiyanaMasla.com/poetry
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Projecting the impact and costs of near point-of-care tuberculosis screening assays in community-based active case finding
✅ Just Accepted
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#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
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#IDSky
Projecting the impact and costs of near point-of-care tuberculosis screening assays in community-based active case finding
Community-based active case finding (ACF) may reduce tuberculosis incidence and mortality but is not widely implemented due to resource constraints. How novel screening test characteristics would affect the impact and costs of ACF strategies is not clear.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Projecting the impact and costs of near point-of-care tuberculosis screening assays in community-based active case finding
✅ Just Accepted
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#IDSky
✅ Just Accepted
✍️ @jasonandrews.bsky.social
#IDSky
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Get ready for a #TBReaders Q&A! We'll be talking with #PhantomPlague author, Vidya Krishnan, a week from today on Fri July 18, 11am ET/8am PT. Head to the TBReaders discord to submit your questions: tbfighter.link/tbrea...
July 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Get ready for a #TBReaders Q&A! We'll be talking with #PhantomPlague author, Vidya Krishnan, a week from today on Fri July 18, 11am ET/8am PT. Head to the TBReaders discord to submit your questions: tbfighter.link/tbrea...
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Have you registered yet for the 2025 Virtual National TB Conference?
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The abstract submission deadline is July 18th!
#Tuberculosis #NTCA2025 #TBSky
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The abstract submission deadline is July 18th!
#Tuberculosis #NTCA2025 #TBSky
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Have you registered yet for the 2025 Virtual National TB Conference?
tbconference.cventevents.com/event/1522a2...
The abstract submission deadline is July 18th!
#Tuberculosis #NTCA2025 #TBSky
tbconference.cventevents.com/event/1522a2...
The abstract submission deadline is July 18th!
#Tuberculosis #NTCA2025 #TBSky
Congrats to Maggy for her graduation from @harvard.edu Business School’s Analytics Program & her Leadership Degree! A #Tuberculosis diagnosis shouldn’t stop you from achieving your goals. We all deserve the care & support to finish TB treatment & live a healthy life! #WeAreTB can help w/ the support
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Congrats to Maggy for her graduation from @harvard.edu Business School’s Analytics Program & her Leadership Degree! A #Tuberculosis diagnosis shouldn’t stop you from achieving your goals. We all deserve the care & support to finish TB treatment & live a healthy life! #WeAreTB can help w/ the support
Sorry we missed you last week! Support Space is back on tonight at 8pm ET / 5pm PT - a free, confidential tuberculosis support group meeting in English over zoom! Open to anyone in the USA in TB treatment, post TB treatment, and their families. Don’t do this alone! #tuberculosis
July 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sorry we missed you last week! Support Space is back on tonight at 8pm ET / 5pm PT - a free, confidential tuberculosis support group meeting in English over zoom! Open to anyone in the USA in TB treatment, post TB treatment, and their families. Don’t do this alone! #tuberculosis
No meeting tonight! If you or someone you love is being treated or was treated for TB & you are looking to join us, please check out WeAreTB.com - our next (English) meeting is July 7th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. 💚
June 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
No meeting tonight! If you or someone you love is being treated or was treated for TB & you are looking to join us, please check out WeAreTB.com - our next (English) meeting is July 7th at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. 💚
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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
June 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Your representatives are waiting on YOUR call! 📱 There are two advocacy sessions almost every day this week! Find the one that fits your schedule best: tbfighter.link/calendar
June 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Your representatives are waiting on YOUR call! 📱 There are two advocacy sessions almost every day this week! Find the one that fits your schedule best: tbfighter.link/calendar
Talk to someone who understands! #WeAreTB has free, confidential online support groups. Our English one is tonight & most Mondays, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Talk to people who have been through treatment, are in treatment now, and their families in a safe and judgement free space. We are here for you! 💚
June 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Talk to someone who understands! #WeAreTB has free, confidential online support groups. Our English one is tonight & most Mondays, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT. Talk to people who have been through treatment, are in treatment now, and their families in a safe and judgement free space. We are here for you! 💚
Thank you to #WeAreTB & #SomosTB’s Nicole for contributing to this article and for being an amazing advocate!!
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Author John Green — and his fans — want you to pay attention to tuberculosis - WTOP News
Author John Green wants people to know tuberculosis is both preventable and curable, but the infectious disease still claims 1.25 million lives every year.
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May 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thank you to #WeAreTB & #SomosTB’s Nicole for contributing to this article and for being an amazing advocate!!
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Maggy of #WeAreTB joined the @tbfighters.org on #TBHillDay & shared her experience with #Tuberculosis & the need for funding for TB programs & research. Thanks to the offices of Sen. Wicker, Sen. Dianes, Sen. Capito, Sen. Ricketts, Sen. Hoeven & Rep. Clark for speaking with Maggy! We can #EndTB !
April 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Maggy of #WeAreTB joined the @tbfighters.org on #TBHillDay & shared her experience with #Tuberculosis & the need for funding for TB programs & research. Thanks to the offices of Sen. Wicker, Sen. Dianes, Sen. Capito, Sen. Ricketts, Sen. Hoeven & Rep. Clark for speaking with Maggy! We can #EndTB !
Thank you to the offices of Rep. Juan Vargas,
@padilla.senate.gov & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for meeting with #WeAreTB & #SomosTB ‘s Jackie. Jackie also did an incredible job at a Congressional briefing, thank you for sharing so much of yourself and for being a great advocate Jackie! #Tuberculosis
@padilla.senate.gov & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for meeting with #WeAreTB & #SomosTB ‘s Jackie. Jackie also did an incredible job at a Congressional briefing, thank you for sharing so much of yourself and for being a great advocate Jackie! #Tuberculosis
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thank you to the offices of Rep. Juan Vargas,
@padilla.senate.gov & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for meeting with #WeAreTB & #SomosTB ‘s Jackie. Jackie also did an incredible job at a Congressional briefing, thank you for sharing so much of yourself and for being a great advocate Jackie! #Tuberculosis
@padilla.senate.gov & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for meeting with #WeAreTB & #SomosTB ‘s Jackie. Jackie also did an incredible job at a Congressional briefing, thank you for sharing so much of yourself and for being a great advocate Jackie! #Tuberculosis
#WeAreTB’s Shaka & Tiffany had a massive #TBHillDay ! Thanks to offices of Rep. John Rose, Sen. Cornyn, Rep. Jake Ellzey, @delauro.house.gov , Sen. Hagerty , Sen. Blackburn & Senator Ted Cruz for talking about #Tuberculosis w/ Shaka, Tiffany, Jason of NTCA & Srishti of @theglobalfight.bsky.social !
April 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#WeAreTB’s Shaka & Tiffany had a massive #TBHillDay ! Thanks to offices of Rep. John Rose, Sen. Cornyn, Rep. Jake Ellzey, @delauro.house.gov , Sen. Hagerty , Sen. Blackburn & Senator Ted Cruz for talking about #Tuberculosis w/ Shaka, Tiffany, Jason of NTCA & Srishti of @theglobalfight.bsky.social !
Thank you to the offices of @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social , @repritchie.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov for meeting w/ #WeAreTB ‘s Greg on #TBHillDay ! No one needs to die from #Tuberculosis, thank you Greg for sharing your experience. @tballiance.bsky.social & @tbfighters.org #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
April 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Thank you to the offices of @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social , @repritchie.bsky.social & @schumer.senate.gov for meeting w/ #WeAreTB ‘s Greg on #TBHillDay ! No one needs to die from #Tuberculosis, thank you Greg for sharing your experience. @tballiance.bsky.social & @tbfighters.org #TBfreeUSA #EndTB
Thanks to the offices of @senatormarkmann.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @repsuhas.bsky.social , @repciscomani.bsky.social & Rep. Gerry Connolly for meeting with #WeAreTB ‘s Tina & Zahra. We can make a TB free Virginia, Arizona & world! #Tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #STOPTB @tbfighters.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thanks to the offices of @senatormarkmann.bsky.social @kaine.senate.gov @repsuhas.bsky.social , @repciscomani.bsky.social & Rep. Gerry Connolly for meeting with #WeAreTB ‘s Tina & Zahra. We can make a TB free Virginia, Arizona & world! #Tuberculosis #TBfreeUSA #STOPTB @tbfighters.org
Thank you to @heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov
for meeting w/ #WeAreTB’s Sue last week on #TBHillDay. #Tuberculosis is a curable disease we can eliminate with the right leadership & resources. Thanks for your advocacy Sue! #TBfreeUSA #EndTB #STOPTB @tbfighters.org @tballiance.bsky.social
for meeting w/ #WeAreTB’s Sue last week on #TBHillDay. #Tuberculosis is a curable disease we can eliminate with the right leadership & resources. Thanks for your advocacy Sue! #TBfreeUSA #EndTB #STOPTB @tbfighters.org @tballiance.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Thank you to @heinrich.senate.gov & @lujan.senate.gov
for meeting w/ #WeAreTB’s Sue last week on #TBHillDay. #Tuberculosis is a curable disease we can eliminate with the right leadership & resources. Thanks for your advocacy Sue! #TBfreeUSA #EndTB #STOPTB @tbfighters.org @tballiance.bsky.social
for meeting w/ #WeAreTB’s Sue last week on #TBHillDay. #Tuberculosis is a curable disease we can eliminate with the right leadership & resources. Thanks for your advocacy Sue! #TBfreeUSA #EndTB #STOPTB @tbfighters.org @tballiance.bsky.social