Stop TB Canada - June Newsletter

June 2025 Newsletter

Save the Date for our #LeadOnTB Hill Day in Ottawa

We are working with partners at Results Canada, Partners in Health, Médecins Sans Frontières, and TB Fighters to organize a Hill Day in Ottawa. Advocates from across the country will be meeting with Members of Parliament to call on Canada to #LeadOnTB.

Save the date and plan to join us on September 25, 2025! Stay tuned for more information on how to register.

No experience required - just passion for TB elimination!

Submissions for the 2026 END TB Conference are open!

The 2026 END TB Conference is now accepting abstracts, challenging cases, and travel grant applications for this year's conference held in Philadelphia, USA. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2025.

Learn more.

New Blog! G7 Summit Reflection

Petra Heitkamp, Co-Chair of Stop TB Canada, reflects on Canada’s missed opportunity to lead with compassion and principle at the recent G7 Summit in this latest blog. As global health systems falter and millions lose access to life-saving care, Canada faces a critical choice: retreat or lead. Petra outlines a bold vision for how Canada can step up - by investing in people, leveraging innovation, and using its convening power to advance global health equity.

Read more.

We are now on Bluesky

Publication spotlight

Once a leading killer, tuberculosis is now rare in rich countries — here’s how it happened

Thanks to improved living conditions, sanitation, nutrition, and public health measures, TB mortality declined dramatically, but is still the world’s leading infectious disease killer, with deaths mostly occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Learn more.

Tuberculosis and climate change: analytical framework and knowledge gaps

This report explores the intersection of TB and climate change, highlighting how climate-related challenges such as food and water insecurity, displacement, and disrupted healthcare access amplify TB risk. Learn more.

The Waste Musk Created

This opinion piece exposes how abrupt U.S. foreign aid cuts are resulting in more illness and deaths while medicines are wasting away in warehouses. Learn more.

Key dates

July 13-17: International AIDS Conference

July 28: World Hepatitis Day

Follow us at TBpeople Canada!

TBpeople is a global network of people affected by TB on a mission to unite people and defeat TB. Follow along and join us in building this network in Canada:

Are you or have you been affected by TB? Please consider joining TBpeople Canada to connect with others who have been impacted by TB, and share stories, resources and support with your peers. To learn more about this network, visit our website at https://www.stoptbcanada.com/tbpeoplecanada.

Do you work closely with TB clinics and/or those affected by TB? Click to download and print the flyer on our website and share it in your clinic.

Remain connected by joining our directory

Join our directory of TB researchers, practitioners, advocates and survivors based in Canada to connect with colleagues and engage in our advocacy!

Join the directory by completing this short form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdq1aT8U0Lfj66TqvDV_7yP0vC38i3AABfwWBcd8T-9_p5yBA/viewform

Thank you!

This newsletter is supported by resources donated by Results Canada.