Stories

  • 21 March 2019
    In Rural India, High-tech Vans Find "Missing" TB Patients
  • 07 March 2019
    Celebrating and Serving all Women
    International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of the contributions and lived experience of women – stories that too often go overlooked. It’s a moment to renew our commitment to dismantling the structures that perpetuate unequal power and privil...
  • 04 February 2019
    The Diamond Cutter
    Aftab Ansari left his village to chase the dream of a better life in Mumbai. Then tuberculosis struck. After three years of treatment, Aftab was finally cured, but is still struggling to get his life back on track. Tuberculosis, a preventable and cur...
  • 18 December 2018
    2018: A Look Back
    As the calendar page turns, we look back on some of the stories and moments that shaped 2018. Celebrating the 27 million lives saved. Honoring those we have lost. Amplifying the voices of people and communities most affected by the epidemics. Welcomi...
  • 29 November 2018
    Young Women at the Epicenter of HIV
    The world has cut the number of AIDS-related deaths in half since the peak in 2005. But in many countries, HIV infections remain extremely high among key populations among adolescent girls and young women. Globally, nearly 1,000 girls and young women...
  • 08 November 2018
    PrEPed to Prevent HIV
  • 25 September 2018
    Tuberculosis: Faces of the Fight
    TB touches real people and communities across the globe, often in their prime of life. They have names and faces. Here are some of their stories, and those of people taking tangible steps to drive progress.
  • 24 September 2018
    Supranational Lab Supercharges Fight against TB in East Africa
    In a high-security building in Kampala, Uganda, a man leads a group of sleuths investigating a potential killer.
  • 24 September 2018
    The Missing
    Mwadawa Iddi was suffering from a painful disease, but she did not know what it was. She was 82 and living alone in her small village, which restricted her movement and the ability to seek treatment. She was on the verge of losing hope when Rashid Go...
  • 21 September 2018
    A Carpenter’s Story
    Mohammed Rabbi works in a small carpentry shop in an alley in downtown Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. The 20-year-old had been suffering from coughs for months.