"The Test Me, Treat Me Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) Manifesto grew out of the frustration of patients and medical care providers alike. As DR-TB is fatal without treatment, lasts about two years and can have devastating side effects only about 50% of patients are successfully cured." - https://www.msfaccess.org/TBmanifesto/
The campaign's aim was to make the fight against DR-TB a priority within the World Health Assembly. The manifesto along with the accompanying signatures aimed to amplify the call for better diagnosis, treatment and funding for those affected by the epidemic.
Social media posts were created alongside the campaign. They aimed to create awareness around the campaign through summarising the story behind the campaign as well as prompting social media users to add their signatures to the manifesto. Below are a few of these posts.
"In May, 2014, Phumeza brought the DR-TB Manifesto and supporting signatures to the World Health Assembly delegates in Geneva, Switzerland as they adopted an ambitious 20-year global plan to address TB. Today, the DR-TB Manifesto stands as proof that the world demands a robust response to the DR-TB epidemic."
- https://www.msfaccess.org/TBmanifesto/
55,279 Signatures were collected by the end of the campaign.
