(you know what this whole thing also is: a BIG warning to the folks who make certain TB diagnostics, for which the price gouging is unconscionable, that if they don't quietly lower prices, they will end up regretting it. That's right. We're not done. Just getting started.)

I want to be clear that while I think our pressure may have affected the timing, this must have been in the works for a while. The real heroes here aren't us but the Stop TB Partnership and other activists who've been working for YEARS to get to this moment. You rule. THANK YOU.

Now from Partners In Health, who are "cautiously optimistic," but Johnson & Johnson needs to make "the details of the Stop TB deal public." Yes! Leading NGOs have been able to make statements. Johnson & Johnson has 120,000 employees; they can't get one to write a press release? pih.org/article/pih-ur…

(🧵) Today, Partners In Health Canada was represented by our Senior Manager of Programs and Development, Marleigh Austin, at CanWaCH's Ministerial Roundtable to celebrate Canada's advancements & next steps in gender equality ahead of #WD2023 in #Kigali, Rwanda. Follow below to learn more ⬇️

Harjit Sajjan Marci Ien CanWaCH Marleigh Austin: "We recognize that medical care is only part of what is required to usher in a new era of global health and gender equity, but in our experience, adequate and sustained investment in clinical deserts has never failed to lead to real and positive change." /3

I wouldn't say "novelist's campaign" so much as a "global multiyear campaign by TB activists belatedly joined by a novelist," but still: More coverage of the deal between GDF and Johnson & Johnson: independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

Huge thanks to Andrew and Brad Steal From the Best for a great conversation and the opportunity to share the work of Partners In Health Canada. Really enjoyed it. stealfromthebest.com/podcast/mark-b… #healthequity #provewhatspossible

As chair of the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship, I worked with vice-chairs Alexandre Boulerice and Elizabeth May to send a letter from 33 MPs to the Prime Minister demanding Canada support a cease fire to save innocent civilian lives in Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid.

700 Jewish Canadians: We mourn, but our mourning is not a reason to commit atrocities on the Palestinian people. We test our humanity at the most difficult times – we do not respond to atrocities by committing atrocities on a larger scale. Read letter: forms.gle/naqP9W2cW2eQrb… 1/8

🌐 Mark Brender, National Director of Partners in Health Canada, challenges the sustainability myth in international development. Demands for sustainability may perpetuate inequalities. Read more: bit.ly/3REbUAM #GlobalHealth #SocialJustice #Sustainability

Beaucoup d'optimisme quant aux progrès réalisés à ce jour dans la lutte contre les MTN! Modération par Mark Brender, avec les panélistes Kristin Rodrigues, Brian Bedard & Abdikadir Dakane #NonAuxMTN

Join me tomorrow at Noon ET for a special two-hour livestream on the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel! Dr. Joia Mukherjee from Partners In Health will join me for the first hour. We’ll talk about why (and how) PIH does what it does. We’ll also be honoring Nerdfighter Amit who passed away late

On horse call duty. A story from CBC SK on our time in Lesotho with Partners In Health. #Lesotho Partners In Health Partners In Health Canada @MahliBrindamour cbc.ca/news/canada/sa…

🧵Partners In Health (PIH) denounces the acts of violence and harm inflicted upon Haitian people and urges everyone to avoid racist tropes and explanations.