46th Union World Conference on Lung Health

A 2012 article in the Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease noted that the powerfully negative connotation of words such as “defaulter” and “suspect” placed blame for the disease and responsibility for adverse treatment outcomes on just one side: people with TB. Is it any wonder that patients fail to complete their treatment or don’t return for checkups if they are made to feel guilty?

Devex

12 Jan 16

Tuberculosis & HIV

TB community borrowing a page from HIV/AIDS

The Lung Meeting has morphed into the type of gathering that international HIV/AIDS meetings pioneered, where advocacy and community building are as much a part of the agenda as scientific presentations. “The conference used to be nothing like this,” said Lucica Ditiu, who heads the Stop TB Partnership, a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. “Being in South Africa, where there’s leadership and a community movement, it’s positioning TB for the first time in the same conversation as HIV.”

Science

12 Jan 16

46th Union World Conference on Lung Health

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TB community borrowing a page from HIV/AIDS