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PetraHeitkamp

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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

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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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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.
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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 24/08/2025
How is tuberculosis safely diagnosed and researched? Khalima Mamutova guides us through the BSL-3 lab in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
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Amy Maxmen, PhD @amymaxmen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
🚨🧵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...
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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...
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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...
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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...
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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...
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
"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 👇 journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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Global health is in crisis: How can Canada contribute?
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
"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)
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Thanks to all in Health Canada, PHAC, ISC, Stop TB Canada and many partners... 🤩 Together we can #EndTB
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KNCV TB Plus | KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation @kncvtbplus.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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
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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...
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Hot Damn! Everything is Tuberculosis www.youtube.com/watch?v=2upp...
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John Green - “Everything Is Tuberculosis” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
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...
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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...
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Starting in 15min! Not too late to register and join 👇
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Katherine Horton @kchorton.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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
Line chart showing median number of TB deaths in 79 low- and middle-income countries from 2010 through 2040. A black line shows a decline from 1.25 million deaths in 2010 to just under 1 million deaths in 2024. A blue line shows the number of deaths staying constant through 2040 if 2024 funding and programmes are maintained. A red line shows the number of deaths increasing to 1.2 million in 2040 if US funding to national TB programmes is terminated.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"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...
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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.
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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
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...
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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
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
👇 Do read to understand what is happening due to USA government policies.. TB anywhere is TB everywhere! #EndTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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...
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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!
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tbppm.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎥 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
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KNCV TB Plus | KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation @kncvtbplus.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
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
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YOUNITE Global @younite4tb.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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
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Partners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 24/03/2025
“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
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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.
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Impact Counter @impactcounter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
The human toll of tuberculosis funding discontinuation to date. Hold the administration to account. Tb.impactcounter.com #tb #endTB #FundingCutsCostLives
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Partners In Health @pih.org · 24/03/2025
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
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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.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Read along in this wonderful live 🧵on the Webinar "Turmoil, TB care & Take Action Join live now: act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
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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.
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Partners In Health Canada 🇨🇦 @pihcanada.org · 24/03/2025
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
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This #WorldTBDay, let’s show those affected by TB that they’re not alone. ✍️ Send an anonymous message of hope or write a personalized letter to brighten someone’s day. Learn more from Stop TB Canada: www.stoptbcanada.com/news/send-a-...
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Send a Message of Hope this World TB Day — Stop TB Canada
At Stop TB Canada, we believe in the power of compassion and community. This World TB Day, we invite you to send a message of hope and support to someone undergoing tuberculosis treatment. Why Your ...
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On the eve of #WTBD2025, shining a spotlight on #HCW and communities at frontline to #EndTB ✨️ 📸 A picture is worth 1000 words: their stories are amazing! Vote Top5 🎊 #TogetherWeCanEndTB
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
"Our teams in the Democratic Republic of Congo say that they have not received antiretroviral supplies at the MSF-run CHK Hospital in Kinshasa since 20 January, leaving over 2,000 HIV/TB patients at risk of developing drug resistance, advanced HIV and dying,if supplies are not resumed immediately."
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Katri Bertram @katribertram.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This 😭 via @economist.com
Photo from the Economist with quote “Public health is the mom of science - She does everything and no one noticea until she stops doing it”
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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Join #StopTBCanada for this jam-packed webinar on March 19 in advance of #WorldTBDay: "Advocating for greater access to medicines to #EndTB" Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Promotion image for the Stop TB Canada webinar "Advocating for greater access to medicines to #EndTB" on March 19/2025 at 12:30ET.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Great interview with Atul Gawande Hundreds of Thousands Will Die @thenewyorker.bsky.social "It is tragic and outrageous" www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. senior official Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
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Craig Spencer MD MPH @craigspencer.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“The most proximate cause of contemporary tuberculosis deaths is not M. tuberculosis, but Homo sapiens” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on why the U.S. withdrawal of foreign aid for fighting diseases like tuberculosis will haunt us Gift link for @theatlantic.com⬇️ www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse
By retracting foreign aid, President Trump could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
World Tuberculosis Day webinar on 24 March Join @partnersinhealth.bsky.social and the amazing line up of speakers! act.pih.org/worldtbday2025
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Why is it our job to keep kids alive in poor countries? Soft power and moral values "..aid stoppage could lead to increase in #TB, which will reach US, with enormous expense" Nicholas Kristof @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Findings of rapid assessment on #tuberculosis impact from USA pulling out support around the world. Thanks @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social - grateful for you amplifying #EndTB evidence, data and stories.
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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Elimination of TB programs are not policy decisions; they are an injustice that is putting millions of lives at risk. 👇See the stories from South Africa 📢 Read the findings of our survey: drive.google.com/file/d/1gqrT... #RestoreTBFunding #FundTBNow
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tbppm.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🤝🌎 Join Us this Friday! Private providers are already making a difference. In some countries, this collaboration is still growing. 💬Join the discussion here➡ www.tbppm.org/forum/t/35851 🗞Read more here➡ www.tbppm.org/news/2515202 👇💙 #OneTeamAgainstTB #PrivateSectorMatters #TBPartnership
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tbppm.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🌎🫁This World TB Day, we’re proud to partner with PIH to bring together leading TB experts, authors, and advocates for an inspiring conversation on the future of TB care. Hope and action remain stronger than ever! 💡 Register here➡ www.tbppm.org/networks/eve... #WorldTBDay #HealthForAll
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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Findings from our #TB specific survey looking at the impact of US stop work orders is now available 👇 Within you can access links to Power BI for data visualizations. #FundTBNow #FundingCutsCostsLives drive.google.com/file/d/1gqrT...
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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is how an epidemic grows. We cannot afford to look away. 📢 Read the findings of our survey: drive.google.com/file/d/1gqrT... #RestoreTBFunding #FundTBNow
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Shailly Gupta @shaillygupta.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
📢 📢📢Must read report - The first GLOBALTB community survey results of the impact of US funding cuts on the ground in more than 30 countries. With tens of thousand of community health workers laid off, Tb testing and treatment services are getting massively affected. #IDSky #TBSky
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tbppm.bsky.social @tbppm.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
✨Join our webinar to get insight in data, hear about data and policies in India, Indonesia and South Africa —from health insurance to social protection programs—that make TB care more accessible and affordable! Read more and register here➡ www.tbppm.org/events/173935 #EndTB #HealthForAll
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TB Community Coordination Hub @tbcommunityhub.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
ATTN #ENDTB advocates! Our initial summary report of findings from our #TB specific survey looking at the impact of US stop work orders is now available 👇 Within you can access links to Power BI for data visualizations. #FundTBNow #FundingCutsCostsLives drive.google.com/file/d/1gqrT...
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TB Specific Impact Survey Initial Summary Report (1).pdf
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Saloni Fruehauf @salonifruehauf.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It should ring global alarm when one of the biggest TB research grants in history is being axed. Halting trials abruptly is unethical, wastes millions of dollars already invested, and weakens global efforts to control TB. This affects not just high TB burden countries, but Americans as well.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
So happy to share my interview with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social on his book that will be out this month! Thank you, John, for your inspiring work!! John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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John Green Tackles An Injustice Called Tuberculosis
With his new book 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' celebrity author John Green is breathing new life into tuberculosis advocacy
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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
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Chelsea Polis @cbpolis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“People will die,” said Dr. @ckyobutungi.bsky.social, ED of @aphrc.bsky.social, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.” @stephanienolen.bsky.social covers the many cruel & dangerous cuts to lifesaving USAID projects. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Mind blown that this can happen! All the progress we've made in #EndTB since the pandemic did so much damage. Where is the moral compass of leaders? 🤯 What about human value? 🤯
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Partners In Health @pih.org · 27/02/2025
🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world. Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇
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PetraHeitkamp @petraheitkamp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
"hope is being able to see there is light, despite all of the darkness" - Desmond Tutu
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