India should heed a teenager’s historic fight for lifesaving TB treatment

By Stephen Lewis, Jennifer Furin
Published: March 25, 2019, 11:28 p.m.· Tags: Drug-resistant TB, Treatment, Access

Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg have shown us the formidable power of a single adolescent girl with determination. Shreya Tripathi of India, who didn’t live to see her 20th birthday, belongs with Malala and Greta in the pantheon of teenagers whose unswerving principles have brought the powerful to their knees.

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Stephen Lewis: TB in India: rhetoric vs. reality

By Stephen Lewis
Published: Nov. 2, 2017, 10:51 p.m.· Tags: TB programs, Advocacy

Statement by AIDS-Free World Co-Director Stephen Lewis upon returning from an October fact-finding trip to Mumbai and Delhi to assess TB in India.

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Stephen Lewis' keynote talk at TB2016 in Durban

By Stephen Lewis
Published: July 18, 2016, 11:45 a.m.· Tags: Global TB response, HIV coinfection, Advocacy

Stephen Lewis’ keynote address delivered at #TB2016 Durban, South Africa, July 17, 2016.

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Video commentary: Stephen Lewis sounding the alarm on TB

By Stephen Lewis
Published: Nov. 6, 2015, 10:34 p.m.· Tags: Advocacy, Global TB response

Stephen Lewis, co-director of AIDS-Free World, speaks out about the global TB epidemic.

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