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from grassroots to Parliament: Canada lights the way to ending TB This World TB Day, 75+ landmarks across Canada lit up red as volunteers, partners, and parliamentarians took action to help #EndTB.

Special thanks to Secretary of State Randeep Sarai and MP Sonia Sidhuf or your engagement, as well as our partners including
@stoptbcanada.bsky.social, Global Fund, CAAN and @gccanada.bsky.social for your hard work.

Read more 👉 resultscanada.ca/from-grassro...
#EndTB #YesWeCanEndTB

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Health Canada Grants Access to Rifapentine: A Milestone for Tuberculosis Prevention in Canada — Stop TB Canada OTTAWA, MARCH 23, 2026 – Stop TB Canada welcomes Health Canada’s decision to grant regulatory approval for rifapentine, a key medication used to prevent tuberculosis (TB). This decision marks an ...

Big step for TB prevention in 🇨🇦

Health Canada has approved rifapentine, expanding access to shorter, safer TB treatment and helping address inequities impacting Indigenous & newcomer communities.

🔗 stoptbcanada.com/news/respons...

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TB is preventable and curable — but ending it requires action.

On #WorldTBDay, support Stop TB Canada. Your donation fuels awareness, policy advocacy, and global collaboration to #EndTB.

100% volunteer-run. 100% committed.

🔗https://stoptbcanada.com/donate

#WorldTBDay2026

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TB in Canada: One Family’s Story and a Call for Change — Stop TB Canada By Donna Dumas

On #WorldTBDay2026, meet Donna.

TB isn’t a disease of the past — it’s here in Canada.
As global TB programs face funding cuts, we cannot lose momentum at home or abroad.

Join us in calling for stronger action to #EndTB: stoptbcanada.com/news/tb-in-c...

#YesWeCanEndTB

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Investing in TB R&D is smart policy.

Stronger treatments mean fewer side effects, less strain on health systems, and more lives saved.

This #WorldTBDay, we’re calling for sustained investment to #EndTB. The tools exist — progress depends on commitment.

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The US has dismantled USAID and withdrawn from the WHO.

At the same time, G7 countries like Canada are cutting international aid, putting millions at risk.

On #WorldTBDay2026, we’re calling on leaders to protect global health investments and commit to #EndTB for all.

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Major aid reductions — including billions in Canadian cuts — are halting TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment worldwide.

On #WorldTBDay2026, we’re calling on leaders to protect global health investments and commit to #EndTB for all.

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G7 countries are planning to cut international aid by up to 28%. These cuts don’t just affect other countries. They weaken health systems everywhere, including here in Canada.

On #WorldTBDay2026, we’re calling on leaders to protect global health investments and commit to #EndTB for all.

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Submission to the Standing Committee on Health Antimicrobial Resistance — Stop TB Canada Overview Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent threats to global and Canadian health, undermining the effectiveness of life-saving medicines and straining health systems. Drug-res...

Check out our joint submission with @resultscanada.bsky.social to the #HESA study on antimicrobial resistance.

www.stoptbcanada.com/news/hesa-su...

#AMR #EndTB

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This World TB Day is a sign for YOU to join the movement against DEADLIEST infectious disease in the world. Will you take the next step?

Learn more 👉 resultscanada.ca/action-butto...

#tuberculosis #yeswecanendtb #cdnpoli @stoptbcanada.bsky.social

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#WorldTBDay is just around the corner, which means it’s time to start planning!

Join our National Call to connect, share updates, and raise awareness and drive action to #EndTB.

📅 Mar 5
🕐 11:30am ET
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The tuberculosis epidemic continues to thrive because of the neglect and reluctance to invest in social protection. What we need is not more evidence, but more resolve at the political level to invest in social protection

Our piece in @thelancetph.bsky.social

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: Year 2 Progress Report (June 2024 to May 2025) - Canada.ca This report provides an overview of key federal, provincial and territorial activities and milestones from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025 that advance the Pan-Canadian Action Plan."

PHAC's Pan-Canadian Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Year 2 Progress Report is now available: ow.ly/MYCT50YhKWA

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Ending TB: Why Progress Must Be Protected — Stop TB Canada Every year on March 24th, World Tuberculosis Day  reminds us of both how far we’ve come and how much work remains. Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable, treatable, and curable. Yet today, it remai...

#WorldTBDay is not just about awareness. It is about reminding governments, decision-makers, and communities that progress against TB is worth protecting.

www.stoptbcanada.com/news/ending-...

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A strong start to an important mission.

Grateful to our new Steering Committee for coming together to advance the fight to #EndTB in Canada and around the world!

Meet our Steering Committee here: www.stoptbcanada.com/steering-com...

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Advocacy is a huge part of global and public health - change does not happen on its own

Learn about the basics of global health advocacy in this short, online course by @resultscanada.bsky.social @stoptbcanada.bsky.social @mcgillspgh.bsky.social

www.mcgill.ca/summerinstit...

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ending TB: why progress must be protected Every year on March 24th, World Tuberculosis Day reminds us of both how far we’ve come and how much work remains. Tuberculosis (TB) is preventable, treatable, and curable. Yet today, it remains the wo...

Read our latest blog on why #WorldTBDay matters, Canada’s role in global health, and how we can take action together:
👉 resultscanada.ca/ending-tb-wh...

#EndTB #YesWeCanEndTB
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A new inhalable treatment for tuberculosis: Once-weekly nanoparticles match daily oral rifampin in mice Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the...

Researchers at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have developed a new inhalable form of tuberculosis (TB) treatment that could significantly reduce the burden of current therapy.

phys.org/news/2026-02...

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Complex global challenges require shared responsibility. We cannot #EndTB without collaboration across sectors, borders, and communities.

#IDW2026 @globalaffairs.canada.ca #YesWeCanEndTB

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As climate impacts grow, protecting health becomes even more critical. Building climate resilience means protecting health systems and strengthening care in ways that support the fight to #EndTB.

#IDW2026 @globalaffairs.canada.ca #YesWeCanEndTB

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To #EndTB, health systems must reflect the realities of all genders and remove barriers to care through equity-focused approaches.

#IDW2026 @globalaffairs.canada.ca #YesWeCanEndTB

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Access to clear, trusted health information for everyone empowers people to make informed decisions—for themselves, their families, and their communities.

#IDW2026 @globalaffairs.canada.ca #YesWeCanEndTB

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January 2026 Newsletter — Stop TB Canada You can access and read Stop TB Canada’s January 2026 newsletter here: https://www.stoptbcanada.com/campaigns/view-campaign/1TN5igypC68WuAPprbeapDfQvmCExymvJxo0nl0bCjAh8drMrmIgsjChY6QPq8ngJeKaYzPjV...

Our Jan newsletter is out! Check it out for more info on:

🔴Our 2026 Steering Committee
🔴#WorldTBDay 2026 plans
🔴PHAC's TB surveillance system

And more!

www.stoptbcanada.com/news/jan-202...

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Stop TB Canada's Steering Committee member, Tina Campbell, shares her thoughts on the importance of building relationships with patients as we work to #EndTB in Canada.

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Health progress doesn’t happen in isolation. To #EndTB, health progress must be built through partnership—so prevention and care reach everyone who needs them.

#IDW2026 @globalaffairs.canada.ca #YesWeCanEndTB

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U.S. withdraws from World Health Organization The United States officially pulled out from the World Health Organization on Thursday, one year after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to do so. Experts warn the move will have s...

NEWS: Last week, the US officially pulled out of World Health Organization – a devastating move that puts millions of lives at risk and threatens the future of global health. #cdnpoli

In CBC News today... 👇

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https://news.mit.edu/2026/bryan-bryson-engineering-solutions-tough-problem-tuberculosis-0125

“To me, making a better TB vaccine comes down to a question of measurement, and so we have really tried to tackle that problem head-on."

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Shortening Tuberculosis Treatment via Precision Medicine Tuberculosis (TB) precision medicine may shorten therapy by using clinical phenotypes to guide stratified treatment with monitoring.

Integrating clinical features, imaging, bacterial burden, drug resistance, and host biomarkers could enable more personalized and potentially shorter treatment regimens.

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Opinion | An Unhinged President on the Magic Mountain

It is not every day that @nytimes.com has anything on tuberculosis

Today, Thomas Mann, TB and Davos made it, thanks to you know who

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

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Scientists Are Trying to Beat Tuberculosis By Infecting a Human ‘Lung-on-a-Chip’ Built using pluripotent stem cells, this tiny lung could help push science away from animal testing as well as open the doors to personalized medicine.

Built using pluripotent stem cells, this tiny lung could help push science away from animal testing as well as open the doors to personalized medicine.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/heal...

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