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[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@najam_ali Najam Sahib, on thing you are forgetting altogether, that country was hit by a pandemic. I don't think any other government could have performed better or managed Corona better in these circumstances.

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@javid_lab @MahaFarhat Probably not an option for countries like Pakistan, where FQ resistance among RRTB patients is as high as 40%. Among RSTB mono resistance to FQ is higher than HrTB

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

[Samuel Schumacher @sgschumacher]

Fantastic news: the cost of BPaLM, the first-line regimen for RR-TB is now below $500. One more reason for countries to rapidly implement this new regimen and improve the treatment experience of people affected by #TB

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

Islamabad:— Economic Report Card of outgoing PDM govt: (April 22 — August 2023)

GDP growth:—
2022:— 6.1%
2023:— 0.29%

Industrial growth:—
2022:— 7.19%
2023:— -2.94% 🔻(negative)

Large scale manufacturing:—
2022:— 10.61%
2023:— -8.11%🔻(negative)

Total GDP:—
2022:— $383 billions
2023:— $341 billions

Exports:—
2022:— $28.83 billions
2023:— $21.2 billions

Remittances:—
2022:— $26.1 billions
2023:— $20.5 billions

Service sector growth:—
2022:— 6.19%
2023:— 0.86%

Agriculture growth:—
2022:— 4.40%
2023:— 1.55%

CPI inflation:—
2022:— 11%
2023:— 28.2%

Food inflation:—
2022:— 11.8%
2923:— 37.9%

Total liquid FX reserves reserves:—
April 2022:— $16.4B
August 2023:— $13.4B

Currency valuations:—
April 2022:— $1 USD = ₨186
August 2023:— $1 USD = ₨287

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

https://t.co/xcEcgFRTEx

[Samuel Schumacher @sgschumacher]

"Roughly 4,000 people on this planet died of tuberculosis yesterday. From a curable disease. We need not accept such a world. TB treatment must be made available to all, so that tuberculosis can become what it should have been long ago: history."

[TBPPM Learning Network @tb_ppm]

Watch this space for a TBPPM Webinar coming up later this month!

More details coming out soon...

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

This #WorldTBDay🌍, a group of TB advocates have prepared an open letter calling on world leaders to increase investment in TB vaccine R&D. #YesWecanEndTB - with new TB vaccines. Let's #InvestInTBVaxRnD!

🖋️ Sign the letter to join the call: https://t.co/UB2hunJimP

[Unitaid @UNITAID]

On #WorldTBDay, Unitaid joins @WHO’s call to action for shorter and more effective regimens for all people suffering from drug-resistant TB. 131 years after its discovery, TB remains a leading cause of death from infectious disease.

Find out more: https://t.co/mh8XGDUMwS

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@DrMishalK @paimadhu @TheLancet @richardjcoker @martinmckee @LSHTM @AKUGlobal @CHGlobalHealth @HPP_LSHTM @PLOSGPH @ruminahasan @seyeabimbola @legidoquigley @johanefeld @muneera_rasheed @themrise @udnore @rashida_abbferr @AfifahRahShep Congratulations @DrMishalK

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@MiftahIsmail @SKhaqanAbbasi @mustafa_nawazk According to WHO report 2022 , in Pakistan >600k people develop TB disease and 40K die of TB annually . https://t.co/GFeeXhu5yF

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@cdenki Claudia, how can support?

[sabira Tahseen @stahseen]

@MiftahIsmail 48 thousand people dying of TB every year

[Tereza Kasaeva @TerezaKasaeva]

Productive discussions at meeting to review @WHO guidance on National #TB Prevalence Surveys with focus on:
▶️screening and diagnostic algorithms;
▶️case definitions;
▶️diagnostic investigations;
▶️documents and data management;
▶️chest radiography;
▶️clinical management

#EndTB

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Women comprise almost 70% of the health workforce yet they earn less than men. On an average, a woman earns 24% lower than their male peers. This is unacceptable. On #EqualPayDay, @WHO calls for all countries to fix the wage gap. Promote equality.

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

Study by @crypticproject presents an #OpenSource dataset of 12,289 #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis clinical isolates from 23 countries on 5 continents, including genomic sequence & susceptibility profile for 13 drugs of each isolate #TB #PLOSBiology https://t.co/BLvCaQPpf8

[Zahran CR @ZahranCR]

Wildlife is everywhere, few mins of bird watching this morning in agriculture lands of Okara in Punjab 🇵🇰

Indian Grey Hornbill
Yellow footed Green Pigeon
Yellow crowned woodpecker
Indian Palm Squirrel.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Health is not a luxury for the rich, but a human right for all.

[Tereza Kasaeva @TerezaKasaeva]

#JustOut @WHO consolidated guidelines on treatment of drug-susceptible #TB👉1st time that treatment for drug-susceptible TB has been shortened to 4 months & shown effective. This will be of great benefit for people with TB, saving lives&reducing suffering https://t.co/a7eyEk7je4