INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Context
Diseases like TB and HIV are not just biomedical issues, but are symptoms of ineffective policy and systems. They’re shaped by poverty, stigma, gender, and policy neglect. The global South continues to face high burdens of infectious diseases that disproportionately affect the poor and marginalized.
How We Do This Work
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Advocate for design of and access to rights-based, person-centered care
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Build communities for advocacy and policy change
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Bridgie scientific research with policy understanding and integration
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Support participatory models of care, with private sector partnerships
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Partner with media, communities, and health systems for integrated responses
Why It Matters
Traditional top-down models in these disease areas often overlook the systemic gaps and structural inequities and social determinants that fuel disease. We center multistakeholder community led partnerships that build care systems with dignity, agency, and access, ensuring that care is comprehensive, and dignified.
Case Study
Communicating TB Science for Policy and Public Engagement
In collaboration with leading institutions, we launched a media and communication strategy led by experts and communities to demystify TB innovations and highlight their need for communities. This worked to democratise complex scientific findings and align it with community needs, spurring the need for investment in innovation, building community capacity, advocating for early adoption and bringing patient voices into the national narrative, bridging science and systems to influence systemic change.