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Today 1 person dies from #TB every 18 sec. Tell health leaders meeting this week in Moscow it's time 2 #StepUpforTB stepupfortb.org
What can you do NOW to help stop the world’s deadliest infectious disease? Watch, click, share TODAY: stepupfortb.org #StepUpforTB
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MSF Press Office retweeted
#DRCongo: Since the start of the conflict, nearly 1.5M people have been displaced in the region #KasaiCrisis xitter.cf/MSFcongo/status/929017…
#RDC #Kasai Depuis le début du conflit, près de 1,5 million de personnes ont été déplacées dans la région #Kasaicrisis
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Step up with people living with #TB. Sign our petition to world health leaders before Moscow summit. stepupfortb.org #StepUpforTB
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Latest #TB drugs only reach 5% of people who need them.Tell Health leaders to take ACTION to save lives #StepUpforTB stepupfortb.org
We need BOLD ACTION to #StepUpforTB as world leaders meet to talk about #tuberculosis next week in Moscow. stepupfortb.org
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1st time ever: World health leaders meet in Moscow to talk about #TB. Tell them we need ACTION #StepUpforTB
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Prevented by flying in urgently-needed aid, MSF urges Saudi-led coalition to allow humanitarian access to #Yemen during blockade. goo.gl/f1Cx66
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What's stopping world health leaders from NEW lifesaving STEPS to stop #TB? Tell them we need action to #StepUpforTB stepupfortb.org
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#TB kills 1.7 million/year but is #PreventableTreatableCurable. Tell health leaders we need ACTION now #StepUpforTB stepupfortb.org
Which of these profiles does MSF recruit?
85%Medical Doctors
10%Midwives
5%Engineers
0%Dentists
20 votes • Final results
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Progress on ending TB not fast enough says @WHO report. goo.gl/RnVQD1
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After #Kenya’s president election re-run, clashes erupted in Nairobi. goo.gl/dMQqc9
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An MSF ambulance was attacked and staff harassed while picking a patient in Mathare yesterday. #Kenya
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"Where you live shouldn't determine if you get treated or not, meds are not for the rich. They're for everyone!" @Cancer_ZA #Fixpatentlaw – at Pretoria, South Africa
The new draft policy needs to be finalised soon, in order to save lives. #fixpatentlaw – at Pretoria, South Africa
Patent explained. #Fixpatentlaw – at Pretoria, South Africa
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Poor quality patents are taking lives everyday! #FixPatentLaw goo.gl/dakTEf – at Pretoria, South Africa
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We march in solidarity with all people who can't access the meds they need to give them a chance a to ease their suffering. #FixPatentLaw