by Jonathan Smith | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hi All, This week I received a call from Nozipho Mkoko (Musa Mkoko’s wife) informing me that Mr. Mkoko has been hospitalized with tuberculosis. Today, the Mkoko family granted me permission to share this news with you all. As many of you know, Mr. Mkoko is the...
by Jonathan Smith | Jan 27, 2012 | feature, Human Rights and TB, Uncategorized
By Jonathan Smith The global failure of tuberculosis (TB) programs has reared its head again, and the recent strain of totally drug resistant TB (TDR-TB) has assuredly caught the attention of every TB official around the globe. Instantaneously the murmurs of ‘what are...
by Jonathan Smith | Aug 3, 2011 | Human Rights and TB
In response to the article titled, “Manitoba woman jailed after stopping tuberculosis treatment.’ Click here for article. By Jonathan Smith The question of forced quarantine in the context of tuberculosis makes for a lively discussion amongst us in the...
by Jonathan Smith | Apr 13, 2011 | feature, Mining and TB
Clint Smith’s complete piece in the film They Go to Die View Post for Lyrics! Do you know what it feels like to have a machete taken to your lungs? To hold a drill in your hand for so long you forget it’s not a part of your body? To work in a place where light...
by Jonathan Smith | Apr 13, 2011 | Human Rights and TB, Mining and TB
In response to the recent litigation against Anglo Gold/Anglo American South Africa (AASA) By Jonathan Smith There are a lot of public health mysteries; countless diseases have layers of complexity requiring a sophisticated knowledge of epidemiology.This is not one of...