
Advance Access & Delivery (AA&D)
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Advance Access & Delivery (AA&D)
@Media_AAD
Trying to bring mutual aid, solidarity, and respect to global health


"We have to think about going beyond hospitals & taking health care to where people live and work. For that, we have to figure out the nuts & bolts of health care delivery, & build programmes based on care & compassion" - @s_keshavjee delivering an impassioned call to action









🔶Diabetes prevalence in South India is much higher than rest of the country 🔶More men👨🏽(15.6%) have high blood sugar levels than women👩🏽(13.5%) Source: NFHS-5, Stats of India #WorldDiabetesDay #KnowDiabetesNoDiabetes


Want to learn how to push back against patent protections keeping treatments out of reach in your communities? The ARK Foundation's guidebook, No Patents on Prevention, details the successful fight against redundant patents on #rifapentine + #isoniazid: treatmentactiongroup.org/publication/is…








Starting TODAY, the Center for Global Health Delivery at @harvardmed and #CSGSES is launching a series of pre-recorded monthly webinars "Building our toolkit for local TB elimination"! @s_keshavjee @Media_AAD @IRDGlobal ✍️ To register visit our website: csg.sociosensalud.org.pe/construyamos..…

A cure for tuberculosis was found in 1943. Laureate Selman Waksman (shown) began systematic studies of the growth of tubercle bacteria. His colleague, Albert Schatz, isolated streptomycin from a bacterium, which proved to be the first effective medicine against TB. #WorldTBDay








Zahaitha, a TB Nanban in our Linking to Care initiative in Chennai, is determined to fulfil her dreams as a healthcare worker. Watch this short video as we continue our #WomenEndingTB series for #IWD2021 @Media_AAD @frederick_asha @NTEP_TamilNadu @TbDivision @tb_ppm @paimadhu


