Virtual Exhibit
“Misdiagnosis in TB delays and misguides treatment, increases the risk of developing drug resistant TB and increases the patients’ suffering. We need the right tests, at the right time, and accountability for lapses in diagnosing a patient!”
Arun Singh Rana
TB Survivor, Public Health Professional
“A pandemic like Covid-19 spurred unprecedented investment in research with quick results. TB is the world's oldest epidemic. We have to take lessons from COVID 19 and invest in TB research so that patients do not have to suffer through painful, medieval treatments.”
Saurabh Rane
XDR TB Survivor, Development Professional, SATB Fellow
“If we intend to provide gender sensitive care, the most important step is to initiate an inclusive and public conversation about what it means to genders and communities – whether it be in the case of tuberculosis, Covid-19, or any other disease.”
Sandhya Krishnan
TB Survivor, Mindfulness and Wellness Coach, SATB Fellow
“For too long patients have been treated like statistics or worse but we are more than that. We are living breathing individuals who need good care that goes beyond just correct diagnosis and treatment. We need care that is rooted in the social and economic realities of patients, and addresses their needs.”
Manasi Khade
XDR TB Survivor, Creative Professional, SATB Fellow
“TB related stigma is something that we perpetuate with our silence. The doctors ask us to keep silent, our families ask us to keep silent and society asks us the same. We are made to feel guilty for something which was never our fault.”
Keyuri Bhanushali
MDR TB Survivor, Copywriter, SATB Fellow
“TB is curable but the drugs that you have to consume can take away your eyesight, hearing, and mental well-being. Is that really good, humane treatment? TB care must mean effective but also easy to take drugs with minimal side effects.”
Himanshu Patel
MDR TB Survivor, Operations Analyst, SATB Fellow
“Research has to be guided by what the needs of the TB affected persons are. If we don't listen to them and include their perspectives , how can we make innovation relevant, affordable or accessible?”
Diptendu Bhattacharya
MDR TB Survivor, Educationist, SATB Fellow
“Patients are told to be grateful for the care they get as if having TB is somehow their fault. Patients deserve high quality empathetic care. High quality care is not a favour to be done to patients, it is their right.”
Deepti Chavan
MDR TB Survivor, Patient Advocate, SATB Fellow
“TB is curable with the right treatment yet we still lose over 1200 lives to TB in India everyday. Where have we failed? Reimagined TB care needs to come with drugs that are safe, accessible and save lives. Nobody should go bankrupt or fight legal battles for drugs.”
Debshree Lokhande
XDR TB Survivor, Architect, SATB Fellow
“Medicines cure diseases but not the socio-economic realities that affect the ability to access TB care. A rights based approach to health care that addresses these barriers is critical to improving TB care.”
Ashna Ashesh
MDR TB Survivor, Public Health Professional, SATB Fellow
“TB can happen to anyone and yet it happens most often to those affected by poverty, malnutrition, lack of access to safe and clean housing. So addressing TB without addressing its socioeconomic determinants is like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.”