Cape Town, South Africa
Joined January 2018
Today is HIV Vaccine Day. Here's a video from @IAVI answering a question Why an HIV Vaccine youtube.com/watch?v=ApnEIZHU… #EyesOnTheTarget #HVAD2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world aware of how deadly respiratory illness can be. However, respiratory infections have been with us for a very long time and will continue to be a major source of human suffering and death.
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Although the TB burden is high in both children and adults, much attention on TB in the past has been focused on adult TB. We join Many NGOs that are devoting their efforts to better understand childhood TB. We are trying to work with School teachers in this regard.
Today on World TB Day, TASK wants to raise awareness about the global health challenge that is TB.The video features, Bridges For Music vocal students, TASK staff, (CAB) members, local (South African) clinic nurses and healthcare workers. vimeo.com/528463232
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#Tuberculosis infection typically develops over a long time period & often over long exposure 😷 #COVID19 can transmit after a short period of exposure & symptoms usually develop in about five days 🤧 We must work together to #fightCOVID #endTB 🤝 #WorldTBDay @TBAlliance @StopTB
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Around the world, TB kills close to 4,000 people every day, among them 700 children. That means that 3 people die from TB every minute! #EndTB
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TASK is pleased to be part of Sisonke the first phase of COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout to health workers initiated by national government.Pictured here is the efficient set up at Karl Bremer Hospital, Cape Town, with TASK pharmacists and study personnel preparing the vaccine.
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