Nyheder og Indblik

Petra Heitkamp is a global public health specialist who has worked with tuberculosis (TB) for decades across research, policy, and implementation. She has supported TB programmes through roles with organisations such as WHO and the Stop TB Partnership, and has spent significant time working with country teams and communities to improve how TB services reach people in practice. 

Kathy has worked with tuberculosis (TB) and public health since the early 1990s. Early in her career, she realised that TB is not only an infectious disease. It is also a social disease that develops on top of other pressures in people’s lives: poverty, overcrowded housing, poor ventilation, dusty working conditions and lack of proper nutrition. 

Blessina (“Blessi”) Kumar is CEO of the Global Coalition of TB Advocates (GCTA). For nearly two decades, she has championed a people-centred, rights-based approach to tuberculosis (TB), focusing on ensuring that people affected by TB are included in decisions that shape policies and programmes.

At this year’s Union World Conference on Lung Health in Copenhagen, AJ Vaccines had the privilege of speaking with Ani Herna Sari – a two-time tuberculosis (TB) survivor, advocate and chairperson of Rekat Peduli Indonesia, who also works with The Global Fund.