TB Proof was founded in 2012 by South African Health Care Workers and Students after multiple personal experiences with occupational tuberculosis, particularly multidrug-resistant TB. This initiative has three main goals:

1. To "TB PROOF" our colleagues, students and patients by creating greater awareness of and protection against occupational and nosocomial TB transmission through education and activism. (Please refer to the attached abstract and poster summarizing results from our student study – due for publication soon.)

Resize of TB PROOF_MBChB II_whole group_masks flash2. To destigmatize and prioritize occupational TB by collecting and disclosing proof of an alarming rise in cases.

3. To mobilize national and global resources through patient advocacy to help address shortcomings in TB prevention and treatment strategies, both for health care workers and more importantly, the population we serve.

More details are available at:

http://www.tbproof.org

and

https://www.facebook.com/TBproof

Yours in safer, more effective and more equitable
protection against TB for all!

TB Proof team
 

Contacts:
 

Arne von Delft                                            Dalene von Delft                                    Bart Willems            

vuzumsi@gmail.com                               daleneduples@gmail.com                    bartwillemsza@gmail.com   

+27 72 699 2473                                        +27 76 144 5783                                    +27 84 432 3713    
            

Helene-Mari van der Westhuizen        Heena Narotam                                       Koot Kotze  

helene1mari@gmail.com                      heena.narotam.hn@gmail.com          quitx3@gmail.com

+27 72 785 6700                                      +27 76 533 0130                                       +27 83 368 1800
 

Angela Dramowski                                   Pat Bond                                                    Jurgens Peters
 dramowski@sun.ac.za                            pat.bond55@gmail.com                       Jurgens.peters@lshtm.ac.uk

+27 842401643                                         +27 838054042                                        +44 7545579867

 

 

 

 
 

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