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TB Survivors at The Union Conference

This year, the Union Conference held a "Survivor's Summit" for TB survivor advocates. Our own Tenzin was there! The survivors present...

Surviving 3 years in a sanitarium

Recently I was asked to facilitate a discussion at Michigan World TB day Event in Lansing, where I had the pleasure to meet an infectious...

IT’S TIME TO BEAT TB ! ONCE AND FOREVER !”

At the age of 25 (in year 1955), I lost blood in my sputum. X Ray showed cavity in right lung and sputum was TB positive. Following...

Life Changing survivor Training

The training was an absolute life line for me. Until that point I had lived for a year and a half after contracting TB without having...

Tiny, Triumphant TB Survivor

Who would of thought I’d be an advocate for childhood TB? I’m Kristine East and my son Jackson survived TB. He was diagnosed at 2 1/2...

we are TB = U.S. TB Elimination Champion 2019

Every year The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) honors U.S. TB Elimination Champions! In their words, this project...

How I went from TB Patient to Author

I wrote this book because it changed my entire outlook on life. I know that a lot of people are uneducated and unaware of just how severe...

CDC personal stories

On December 6, 2018 three members of we are TB traveled to Atlanta to be featured on the CDC website. TB is still a life-threatening...

UN High level meeting

For the first time ever, the United Nations is holding a General Assembly high-level meeting on tuberculosis this September, on the 26th....

Life Changing Struggle

My name is Tay-tay Taylor, I immigrated to America in 2003 at the age of 16, and I was positive with Tuberculosis because I came from the...