By: Babs Verblackt
“Governments don’t support TB research and development enough. We have to empower communities with more knowledge on TB issues to move governments to do something,” said Lucy Ghati
Ghati is a Community Representative to the Stop TB Partnership’s Working Group on New TB Vaccines and Program Officer of the National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS in Kenya.
According to Ghati that without being pushed governments won’t do anything. But there is a need for new commodities to address TB and HIV like new diagnostics and better drugs. But if one wants to have a long term solution, new vaccines will solve this pandemic illness.
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