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Are you 'TB Proof'? We are a global advocacy community of TB survivors, health workers & students calling for: more prevention, better treatment & zero stigma!

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MEDIA RELEASE: In our latest media release, healthcare workers and TB advocates from Khayelitsha share why young people have a critical role to play in ending TB through awareness, testing and treatment adherence.

Read full release: https://t.co/mvtrMHmffP

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A huge congratulations to Mabusi Kgwete, a TB champion, on receiving an award for her abstract presentation at the #SATBConference2026.

This recognition shows the power of community voices in shaping the #TB response and highlights the important role that TB champions play in sharing lived experiences, driving advocacy and influencing change.

We are incredibly proud of Mabusi for representing communities affected by #TB and for ensuring that their experiences remain at the centre of conversations on research, policy and action.

#EndTB @ConferenceTb @MRCza @HST_health @SA_AIDSCOUNCIL @CsfSanac @StopTBKe @TheUnion_TBLH @StopTB @TBProof @TBHIVCare

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Congrats to Excellence Award winners at SA TB Conference 🎉

Ingrid recognised in Track 4: rights, lived experience & community-led response.
Mabusi (TB Proof Core Group) won Track 3 for TB research, surveillance & health systems
Proud of your leadership

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#SATBConference Goodman’s presentation on “Bringing Ubuntu to TB Care.” He highlighted how TB survivor peer counselling builds trust, treatment adherence, and access to care. Survivor-led support is key to people-centred TB care and to #EndTB.
short film:https://t.co/0xONmPPp8r

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Day 3 of #SATBConference: joined the NDoH’s Breathe Easy podcast with Hannie, sharing their TB survivor journeys and survivor-led advocacy. He later presented on community-led monitoring in Khayelitsha, highlighting TB Champions as local leaders driving better TB care. #EndTB

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Goodman Makanda raised a strong call for closer collaboration with the Department, asking for direct access and meaningful partnerships, emphasizing that communities need more than a building address...they need real, direct engagement.

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Day 2 of the South African TB Conference featured a key presentation by Ingrid Schoeman on improving access to TB testing for close TB contacts through piloting TB contact cards in Khayelitsha health facilities.

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In a major development, Department of Social Development will be launching the End TB Strategy tomorrow, marking an important step forward in strengthening South Africa’s TB response.

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Corrections: On the End TB Plan* not NTP Plan.

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TB Conf opened with a pre-session on accelerating response towards NSP targets. Prof Ndjeka reflected on the new NTP Plan, while Ingrid called for stronger investment in community-led, evidence-based responses, including peer counselling and TB champions. #SATBConference

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In closing, Motsoaledi called for renewed national commitment in the fight against #TB.

He urged stakeholders to move beyond discussion and unite around a shared vision of a South Africa free from #TB, where no child dies from the disease and no family is pushed deeper into poverty because of it.

"Let this conference not simply be a gathering of experts but a moment of renewed national commitment, where science, policy, communities and leadership come together around a shared vision. Together, we can #EndTB."

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We’re at SA’s 🇿🇦 9th TB Conference this week, joining partners & TB champions to accelerate progress toward ending TB.

Key sessions among others include:
• NSP TB targets
• Community-led monitoring
• Survivor-led peer support & stigma reduction

#EndTB #SATBConference

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At today's Global TB Caucus Parliamentary Meeting, Ingrid Schoeman of TB Proof called for urgent action: TB is a social justice issue. We have the policies—we need implementation, community-led solutions, and sustained domestic investment to #EndTB.

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On Saturday, TB Proof joined the Kuyasa community for an aerobics event focused on TB awareness 🧡💪

We spoke about TB symptoms, the importance of early TB testing, and TB preventive treatment (TPT). #EndTB.

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Creating safe spaces for honest conversations can change lives. No one should carry TB or the stigma around it alone. #EndTB #Ubuntu

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Today, our TB Champions shared how motivational interviews led by Phumeza and Goodman helped them confront internal stigma, release self blame, and feel supported throughout their TB treatment journey.

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Watch our Director Ingrid Schoeman talk about surviving XDR-TB, waking from a coma, and how her “tribe” supported her through recovery — and how running helped her find strength again. #EndTB

Watch here: https://t.co/YfNOW0Y3P4

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They faced fear, stigma, and TB and they overcame it.

Through resilience and courage, they’ve turned their journeys into powerful voices of hope.

Read their stories: https://t.co/wjsvfeRdqg

#Yes!WeCanEndTB

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TB stigma is stopping people from getting help.

At TB Proof, we’re changing that through real stories. Our Director Ingrid Schoeman, a TB survivor, shares her journey in this video.

Let’s break the silence.

#Yes!WeCanEndTB