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Opinion: We won’t get the innovation needed to end TB without more R&D
Devex. September 7, 2023
Leigh Raithby, Evaline Kibuchi
The state of tuberculosis surveillance in Canada
Canadian Journal of Public Health. March 14, 2023
Jonathon R. Campbell, Lena Faust, Catherine Paulsen, Courtney Hefernan
Fast-tracking progress to End TB: high-level opportunities for investment and action
The Lancet. March 24, 2023
Tereza Kasaeva, Hannah Monica Dias, and Madhukar Pai
Opinion: Engaging the private sector is vital to ending TB
Devex. February 16, 2023
Petra Heitkamp and Dr. Mohammed Yassin
Improving post-tuberculosis care in Canada
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). December 5, 2022
Kamila Romanowski, Priya Amin and James C. Johnston
Statement: STOP TB Canada Stands with Indigenous Communities on Truth and Reconciliation Day
Stop TB Canada, 2022
Stop TB Canada
Reflecting on the relationship between residential schools and TB in Canada
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD). September 28, 2022
Courtney Heffernan, Giovanni Ferrara, Richard Long
Opinion: Reconciling our history for the health of our future
The Hill Times. September 28, 2022
Tina Campbell
Opinion: Why Canada needs to step up Global Fund support this year
Devex. July 26, 2022
Leigh Raithby
Canada needs to implement pandemic preparedness in dealing with TB
Institute for Research on Public Policy/Policy Options. July 11, 2022
Elizabeth Rea, Tina Campbell, Petra Heitkamp
Digital Storytelling and Community Engagement to Find Missing TB Cases in Rural Nuh, India
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. Jan 04, 2022
Subhi Quraishi, Hilmi Quraishi, Hemlata Yadav, Ayushi Singh, Ilmana Fasih, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Lavanya Huria, Tripti Pande, Olive Mumba Vishnu Vardhan Kamineni, and Amera Khan
Covid-19’s Devastating Effect on Tuberculosis Care — A Path to Recovery
The New England Journal of Medicine. Jan 05, 2022
Madhukar Pai, M.D., Ph.D., Tereza Kasaeva, M.D., Ph.D., & Soumya Swaminathan, M.D.
Impact of Covid-19 on Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment in Canada: a multicentre analysis of 10,833 patients
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Dec 17, 2021
Coralie Geric, Mariane Saroufim, David Landsman, Jonathan Richard, Andrea Benedetti, Jane Batt, Sarah K Brode, & Faiz Ahmad Khan
Often Neglected, TB Is the World’s Biggest Infectious Disease Threat
Health Insight. December, 2021
Trevor Stratton
Tuberculosis is still a health threat in Canada, especially among First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities.
Residential School Deaths from Tuberculosis Weren’t Unavoidable – They Were Caused by Deliberate Neglect
Globe and Mail. July 12, 2021
Lena Faust and Courtney Heffernan
With TB being mentioned as a possible cause of death of the hundreds of Indigenous children found in mass graves across the country in recent weeks, it is critical to underline the nature of TB as a disease inextricably linked to social determinants of health.
The 100th Anniversary Of A Vaccine Against A Deadly Disease: Not A Cause For Celebration
Health Affairs Blog. May 6, 2021
Lena Faust and Leigh Raithby
In just over a year, 14 vaccines have been approved for COVID-19, but in the past century, only one vaccine has been approved for tuberculosis—a clear example of neglect of a disease that predominantly affects the poor.
What Canada needs to do to end TB
Policy Options. March 24, 2021
Lena Faust and Alex Zimmer
Canada has failed to meet its global funding targets to help eliminate this curable disease. Domestically, TB exemplifies deep health inequities.
What Canada has failed to learn from the persistence of TB
Canadian Healthcare Network
Dr. Leyla Asadi and Dr. Courtney Heffernan
“Not only does TB in Canada persist, but an examination of how and why tells an important story about the shortcomings of our social welfare and public health systems.”
To recover from COVID-19, donor support for tuberculosis must increase
Devex. March 24, 2021
Dr. Robyn Waite and Dr. Madhukar Pai
Given the devastating effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on TB, global donors must step up. “People affected by TB cannot wait any longer for donors to keep their promises to end the epidemic.”
Ottawa must continue to step up in fight against TB
The Hill Times. March 24, 2021
Dr. Robyn Waite
“To mitigate the devastating impacts COVID-19 is having on people affected by TB, this World TB Day, Canada must maintain its investment in TB REACH.”
Tuberculosis stigma shouldn’t be forgotten
Excalibur. March 24, 2021
Amal Abdulrahman
TB stigma is a significant barrier to access to TB care. As TB and COVID-19 share similar symptoms, the pandemic threatens to further exacerbate stigma.
TB in Canada: who counts?
Canadian Journal of Public Health. March 19, 2021
Dr. Courtney Heffernan
“Our failure in Canada to deliver on the basic requirement to actively count who has been disadvantaged by TB signals that their health does not count.”