@IRD_SA

Interactive Research and Development South Africa (IRD SA) was established in 2014 as a Section 21 not-for-profit company and an affiliate of IRD Global Limited

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Joined September 2017
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Let's work together to stop stigma against Mental health. virgin.com/richard-branson/m…
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Quote: In medical school We were never taught about how the WHO is run. Or how neoliberalism has contributed little to improving the quality of life and health care in sub-Saharan Africa. Or how violent conflict has far-ranging effects, amplifying harm.... nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…

Murmurs of Politics and Economics | NEJM

When a boy who has walked 4 hours to get to the clinic hops up on the exam table, the visiting medical student is proud to identify a mitral stenosis murmur. But translated into normal English, adv...

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SA's TB death toll lower, despite sluggish global progress on eradication iol.co.za/news/south-africa/… via @IOL

SA's TB death toll lower, despite sluggish global progress on eradication

The World Health Organisation's annual Global TB Report shows SA is on track to meet a globally agreed TB mortality reduction target for 2015 to 2020.

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Fewer people fell ill and died from #tuberculosis last year but countries are still not doing enough to end TB by 2030. #TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease. WHO calls for urgent action to #EndTB! 👉 bit.ly/2PJNtza #UNGA
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Before Hurricane Florence hit, Lilly initiated its patient product replacement program. Here's what that means for those affected by the storm. elil.ly/g6t2
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At the Tshwane Insulin Project launch. Prof Rheeder from @UPTuks says diabetes is the new tsunami. @LillyPad
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The two 'valleys of death' that hold back the fight against TB Read this blog post by our Executive Director - Lucica Ditiu: ow.ly/ayu630lRMS0 @wef @LucicaDitiu

The two 'valleys of death' that hold back the fight against TB | World Economic Forum

People think TB belongs in the pages of a Dickens novel, but it is the world's deadliest infections disease.

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Dr Yogan Pillay from the @HealthZA says we cannot ignore nutrition when we talk about diabetes. @LillyPad
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IRD Global and Indus Health Network colleagues are hosting the hosting the Nigerian NTBLCP and Lagos State Ministry of Health this week in Karachi, Pakistan.
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UN High Level Meeting in TB presents an opportunity for heads of state to commit to ending TB as a public health threat ⁦@StopTB⁩ ⁦@SakinaKamwendo⁩ ⁦@TsepisoMakwetla⁩ ⁦@HealthZA⁩ theguardian.com/society/2018…

Scientists warn of global crisis over failure to tackle tuberculosis

With 10 million new cases each year, outcome of UN summit in New York could prove crucial

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Excited to see our IRD Global colleagues at attending the TB MAC.
TB MAC@tb_mac14 Sep 2018
full house in the diagnostic session for an inspiring talk from our keynote speaker: @paimadhu at TB-MAC annual meeting.
While Trump and Paul Ryan continue their attempts to destroy Social Security, 150 of my colleagues and I launched the Expand Social Security Caucus yesterday to make sure seniors can retire in dignity.
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@IRD_SA @IRDGlobal Thank you Dr Farhana for championing the fight against TB in pediatric.
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This is sad and disgusting. Especially for smaller NGOs that do good work and never get any of this funding from PEPFAR. Branch Chief at @CDC_TB; arrested on R25m corruption and fraud charges | Daily Maverick dailymaverick.co.za/article/… via @dailymaverick

R100,000 bail for SA Branch Chief at US Centre for Disease Control; arrested on R25m corruption and...

Zimbabwe-born US resident, Dr Alfred Bere, arrested at Musina in August on charges of fraud and corruption with regard to the misappropriation of R25-million of donor funding, was granted R100,000...

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Preparing beaded jewelry for Heritage Day.
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To achieve our goal of ending the TB epidemic by 2030, additional support and effort is required. We must expand our current frontiers of control of TB as TB impacts negatively on the health & welfare of individuals as well as the economy of the nation. #EndTBinNigeria
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Money doesn’t matter? It does when it comes to ending tuberculosis theguardian.com/ending-tb/20…
The South African #economy slipped into a #Recession as economic activity declined by 0,7% in Q2:2018 q/q after a 2,6% decline in Q1:2018 #StatsSA #GDP bit.ly/2oEt96J
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Honorable Minister of Health in Nigeria, Dr Isaac Adewole just mentioned that the Government of Nigeria will increase the TB budget for 2019. @GlobalFund This is leadership in action. @StopTB @GlobalTBCaucus
South Africa launched our HPV vaccination campaign in 2014 - more than 1.5m girls have had two doses of the vaccine @HealthZA
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@WHO4 Sep 2018
We can eliminate cervical #cancer as a public health problem through intensified vaccination against HPV, screening and treatment bit.ly/2hujn3D #BeatNCDs
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