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Approaching World TB Day
Phumeza Tisile: I wrote the TB Manifesto, please add your voice to mine.Read more
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Isn't it disturbing when you see your friends whom you went to University with finally getting their life together? I'm sitting here and not even close to what they've achieved so far. Wouldn't it even...
View ArticleMixing Medicine with "Muthi" , not a good idea
Well we all have different beliefs and religion. When it comes to healing, many patients become desperate and see options that are available out there. Well while I was in Brooklyn Chest Hospital there...
View ArticleSpeaking truth to power
Outside the UN © Phumeza Tisile Well this week after all the noise about the DR Manifesto , I have finally handed it over to the World Health Leaders. Well what an experience, so it went like this:...
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Access to diagnostics that can detect drug-resistant tuberculosis
Being late diagnosed means I took the wrong medication for a very long time, that in fact I experienced the side effect of the Kanamycin injection used for MDR-TB, it got me deaf.Read more
View ArticleExperience from the UK and Greece
1st stop was London, the Londoners are a bunch of friendly people, and the weather was okay not cold, not too hot. I have seen things that I normally see on TV. The London taxis, I travelled on one and...
View ArticleDefeat the silence
It happened in October 2010, a big year for South Africa because we were hosting the soccer world cup. I was sick with DR-TB and hospitalized at Brooklyn Chest Hospital. I was granted a weekend pass...
View ArticleEnkosi! Thank you!
Remember I wrote about how getting my hearing back through cochlear implant surgery would change my life ? Well to do this I had to raise some money for the surgery, as this is not an MSF project. Lots...
View ArticleHearing again
Hearing my mom speak for the 1st time in 5 years brought tears to my eyes, tears of joy.Read more
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