1. Dr. Nompumelelo Mthupa, Senior Medical Officer at Helen Joseph Hospital

2. Shorter, Simpler Treatment for XDR-TB
XDR-TB today can be a death sentence with no effective treatment options. We are encouraged by the BPaL regimen being tested in the Nix-TB trial.
One day of XDR treatment today
Treatment duration: 2+ years
One week of BPaL regimen in Nix-TB trial
Treatment duration: 6 months

3. XDR-TB patient undergoing treatment at Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital

4. Patients at Helen Joseph Hospital wait for treatment

5. Traditional healer Gladys also serves on the TB community advisory board in Alexandra Township

6. Boitumelo with her partner Ronnie, who also suffers from MDR-TB

7. MDR-TB patient Boitumelo "Tumi" Letseku and her mother Hilda

8. NIH strategic plan feedback
Increase funding for USAID TB work especially for product development and introduction of new regimens
Ensure that all funding to fight anti-microbial resistance, especially BARDA and CARB-X, focus on the full list of CDC threats, especially drug resistant TB
NIH strategic plan feedback - BY MONDAY!
Google “NIAID TB Strategic Plan Feedback”
NIH should invest more in clinical research for novel drugs, regimens, vaccines and diagnostics

9. MDR-TB survivor Bongumusa Shabalala at Helen Joseph Hospital