
Jeremiah Chakaya
@chakayajm
Former President of @TheUnion_TBLH. Dedicated to the fight to #EndTB. Technical #TB expert to @ReSok_Kenya. Tweets by me and by my team.
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20-09-2012 06:55:58
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▶️ Without action now, a report by Stop TB Partnership has warned an estimated 1.4 million additional lives will be lost to #TB by 2025 due to #COVID19. How can we prevent this? Sign up for tomorrow's #openaccess panel discussion & share your ideas & questions: join.theunion.org/20May5-register


▶️DEMAIN: Webinaire #openaccess #COVID19 et prise en charge de la tuberculose en Afrique Francophone 14h CEST, Mercredi, 20 mai avec Kobto Ghislain Koura, Bertrand Kampoer, Dennis Falzon World Health Organization (WHO) Edouard Kambou Sansan Alliance Côte d'Ivoire & Prudence Wachinou. join.theunion.org/20MayFR #EndTB


I must thank again Tereza Kasaeva Lucica Ditiu Marijke Wijnroks Catharina Boehme @SubratAxshya, Cheri Vincent of USAID & Victoria Macdonald for taking part in the latest The Union webinar 'How to prevent 1.4 million deaths: Advancing #TB care & prevention in a time of #COVID19



▶️TODAY: There is still time to sign up for this Union member-led #openaccess webinar which will discuss the role of data gathering in 'Monitoring the #COVID19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa' with Jeremiah Chakaya, @LeoMarti_EpiTB & Professor Anthony Harries. join.theunion.org/10June-signup


Every day many people globally with #tuberculosis face tremendous #stigma for having to #WearAMask. This needs to STOP now. No-one should face stigma for wearing a mask, whether to help prevent the spread of #TB, #COVID19, or both. #WearAMask #stopCovid #EndTB Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus World Health Organization (WHO)


There are 8 days left in which to submit abstracts to The Union / CDC late breakers session on #tuberculosis at this year's virtual #UnionConf, 20-24 October. For details & to submit: ow.ly/UwO050AXeYM CDC TB Stop TB Partnership TB Alliance Treatment Action Group (TAG) Tereza Kasaeva


📣LAST CHANCE! Tomorrow (15 August) is the last day you can take advantage of early registration discounts for this year's virtual The Union Conference, 20 - 24 Oct. #EndTB #AdvancingPrevention #COVID19 #NoTobacco #AirPollution #lunghealth. Register now: join.theunion.org//UnionWorldCon…


As United Nations General Assembly meets on #COVID19, #TB communities call on António Guterres, UN GA President & all governments to urgently address the situation of people with #tuberculosis. Just 2 YEARS LEFT to meet UN TB targets for 2022.🎯bit.ly/3kWGXFh #UNGASS #COVID

Final day of the #LIGHTonTB Consortium annual meeting. Wrapping up the successful meeting with sessions looking at strengthening our capacity for research, uptake & programme management. #LIGHTUganda FCDO Global Health Research LSTM AFIDEP Zankli Research Centre @MlwTrust Makerere University Lung Institute The Respiratory Society of Kenya.


Asthma is underdiagnosed and undertreated in sub-Saharan Africa. Prof Kevin Mortimer, Director of Lung Health, Jeremiah Chakaya, Past-President and colleagues look into the consequences and identify what urgently needs to happen to close the gap: patsjournal.org/asthma-care-in… #WorldAsthmaDay




Impressive! This paper should have had a title “80% decline in TB incidence in 6 years in urban Blantyre, Malawi - results from a prevalence survey.” Congratulations! Stop TB Partnership Lucica Ditiu Salmaan Keshavjee journals.plos.org/globalpubliche…

A great discussion on what must be done to #EndTB at the #BTSWinter2023 with Jess Potter Jeremiah Chakaya Uju Ozoh (and joanne flynn online)


Great discussion! Better data on 'where' ♂️ seek care (workplaces, informal providers) assists #EndTB interventions at those sites empowering and equipping health providers. Thanks for great reflections Jeremiah Chakaya Bertie Squire Tereza Kasaeva Hannah Monica Yesudian Dias Kerry Millington