Leslie Enane
@leslieenane.bsky.social
Pediatric infectious disease physician. HIV and TB researcher.
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NEW: The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
by @leslieenane.bsky.social
@madhupai.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t...
by @leslieenane.bsky.social
@madhupai.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t...
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
“It is in literature that I find everything that is missing in our policies – inspiration, intuition, and courage to imagine a new world.” – @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
#TBSky
#TBSky
Reposted by Leslie Enane
A powerful feature of this year’s #UnionConf was the inclusion of four authors breathing new life into TB advocacy.
📘Stigmatized, Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
📙Phantom Plague, @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
📗The Black Angels, @mariasmilios.bsky.social
📕Everything is Tuberculosis, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
📘Stigmatized, Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
📙Phantom Plague, @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
📗The Black Angels, @mariasmilios.bsky.social
📕Everything is Tuberculosis, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A powerful feature of this year’s #UnionConf was the inclusion of four authors breathing new life into TB advocacy.
📘Stigmatized, Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
📙Phantom Plague, @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
📗The Black Angels, @mariasmilios.bsky.social
📕Everything is Tuberculosis, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
📘Stigmatized, Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
📙Phantom Plague, @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
📗The Black Angels, @mariasmilios.bsky.social
📕Everything is Tuberculosis, @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Reposted by Leslie Enane
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
“It is in literature that I find everything that is missing in our policies – inspiration, intuition, and courage to imagine a new world.” – @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
#TBSky
#TBSky
NEW: The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
by @leslieenane.bsky.social
@madhupai.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t...
by @leslieenane.bsky.social
@madhupai.bsky.social @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social @mariasmilios.bsky.social & Handaa Enkh-Amgalan
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t...
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“It is in literature that I find everything that is missing in our policies – inspiration, intuition, and courage to imagine a new world.” – @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social
#TBSky
#TBSky
Reposted by Leslie Enane
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
In this disorienting situation, stories and narratives are essential. We need to tell the story about our collective human fight against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one that centers the survivors, nur...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The “Why, why, why” of tuberculosis – Why storytelling is integral to the fight against TB
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
@leslieenane.bsky.social on why, in dark times, "there is real light, humanity, and community in sharing powerful stories"
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/12/01/t... via @plosglobalpublichealth.org
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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It doesnt stop there. Did you know "zombies" are an African creation?
Zombie comes from the Haitian creole "zanbi," which itself comes from the Kikongo word "nzambi" that translates to "spirit of a dead person.'
It embodied the spirit of haitian slavery. Body is alive, the soul is not
short🧵
Zombie comes from the Haitian creole "zanbi," which itself comes from the Kikongo word "nzambi" that translates to "spirit of a dead person.'
It embodied the spirit of haitian slavery. Body is alive, the soul is not
short🧵
Wanna hear a scary story?
The first American vampire was Black.
Seriously.
78 years before Dracula appeared in American literature, there was "The Black Vampyre" by Uriah D'Arcy.
It was written in 1819 as an antislavery critique and the effect the Haitian Revolution had on the States
The first American vampire was Black.
Seriously.
78 years before Dracula appeared in American literature, there was "The Black Vampyre" by Uriah D'Arcy.
It was written in 1819 as an antislavery critique and the effect the Haitian Revolution had on the States
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It doesnt stop there. Did you know "zombies" are an African creation?
Zombie comes from the Haitian creole "zanbi," which itself comes from the Kikongo word "nzambi" that translates to "spirit of a dead person.'
It embodied the spirit of haitian slavery. Body is alive, the soul is not
short🧵
Zombie comes from the Haitian creole "zanbi," which itself comes from the Kikongo word "nzambi" that translates to "spirit of a dead person.'
It embodied the spirit of haitian slavery. Body is alive, the soul is not
short🧵
Reposted by Leslie Enane
Excellent reporting by @stephanienolen.bsky.social on the resurgence of #Diphteria in displaced populations, with a focus on #Somalia. The resurgence of this infectious disease is happening globally due to declining vaccination rates.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Excellent reporting by @stephanienolen.bsky.social on the resurgence of #Diphteria in displaced populations, with a focus on #Somalia. The resurgence of this infectious disease is happening globally due to declining vaccination rates.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...
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"An AP investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties to HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. The effort would strip away protections that have been built over a century and are integral to American lives and society."
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
"An AP investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties to HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. The effort would strip away protections that have been built over a century and are integral to American lives and society."
Reposted by Leslie Enane
I reported recently from Somalia, as part of our ongoing effort to document the effect of the major cuts to U.S. foreign assistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
‘You Could Treat a Child for a Few Dollars.’ Now Those Clinics Are Gone.
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I reported recently from Somalia, as part of our ongoing effort to document the effect of the major cuts to U.S. foreign assistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
Reposted by Leslie Enane
Eighty-five percent of parents said they trust their child’s pediatrician on vaccine information — a level of confidence that cuts across political divides, including among MAGA Republicans, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll.
In an age of vaccine skepticism, parents trust pediatricians most
A Washington Post-KFF poll finds that pediatricians are the most trusted source for vaccine information and that confidence in them is a strong predictor of vaccination.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Eighty-five percent of parents said they trust their child’s pediatrician on vaccine information — a level of confidence that cuts across political divides, including among MAGA Republicans, according to a Washington Post-KFF poll.
Reposted by Leslie Enane
Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid.
Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...
Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...
October 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Blog with CGD colleagues: Cholera in Africa: Rising Deaths, Shrinking US Aid.
Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...
Africa seeing rising cholera deaths, but US foreign assistance not responding...
“There are good doctors, there are great doctors, and there is JC. He’s in a category by himself. He is one of the best doctors I’ve ever worked with and one of the best human beings I’ve ever worked with.”
#pedsIDsky #pedsky #IDsky
www.rileychildrens.org/connections/...
#pedsIDsky #pedsky #IDsky
www.rileychildrens.org/connections/...
www.rileychildrens.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“There are good doctors, there are great doctors, and there is JC. He’s in a category by himself. He is one of the best doctors I’ve ever worked with and one of the best human beings I’ve ever worked with.”
#pedsIDsky #pedsky #IDsky
www.rileychildrens.org/connections/...
#pedsIDsky #pedsky #IDsky
www.rileychildrens.org/connections/...
I was very lucky to be able to meet Jane Goodall 22 years ago, in western Tanzania. She was incredibly kind to me and I was just in awe to meet my hero and spend a bit of time together.
October 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I was very lucky to be able to meet Jane Goodall 22 years ago, in western Tanzania. She was incredibly kind to me and I was just in awe to meet my hero and spend a bit of time together.
Reposted by Leslie Enane
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"If we lose hope, we're doomed."
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.
Reposted by Leslie Enane
5-year-old Suza from #DRCongo should still be alive. Malaria is treatable, but medicine wasn't available when she needed it.
Heartbreaking, urgent reporting from @washingtonpost.com shows how even brief interruptions in aid delivery can have dire consequences for vulnerable communities:
Heartbreaking, urgent reporting from @washingtonpost.com shows how even brief interruptions in aid delivery can have dire consequences for vulnerable communities:
Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting.
USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...
wapo.st
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
5-year-old Suza from #DRCongo should still be alive. Malaria is treatable, but medicine wasn't available when she needed it.
Heartbreaking, urgent reporting from @washingtonpost.com shows how even brief interruptions in aid delivery can have dire consequences for vulnerable communities:
Heartbreaking, urgent reporting from @washingtonpost.com shows how even brief interruptions in aid delivery can have dire consequences for vulnerable communities:
Reposted by Leslie Enane
87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
September 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
As much as we combat #TB in patient care, public health, or research, we need to advocate for our leaders to invest in this fight - to choose a different world in which TB is not killing 1.25 million/yr. Thank you to @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social #PIH and #TBfighters for the tremendous #TBHillDay.
“We know how to live in a world without tuberculosis, and that means, ultimately, that we’re choosing to live in a world with tuberculosis,” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social said. “But all of y’all are making a different choice. And that is my great encouragement.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tuberculosis could end if there’s more US public health funding, experts say
Resurgence could be on horizon as outbreaks pick up speed in US and abroad amid public health program cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
As much as we combat #TB in patient care, public health, or research, we need to advocate for our leaders to invest in this fight - to choose a different world in which TB is not killing 1.25 million/yr. Thank you to @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social #PIH and #TBfighters for the tremendous #TBHillDay.
Reposted by Leslie Enane
Amid the heartbreak in so many directions, it was a wondrous balm to spend today on Capitol Hill with over 200 TB Fighters from every state in the U.S. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made it happen from @tbfighters.org to @partnersinhealth.bsky.social. Together, we are strong.
April 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Amid the heartbreak in so many directions, it was a wondrous balm to spend today on Capitol Hill with over 200 TB Fighters from every state in the U.S. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who made it happen from @tbfighters.org to @partnersinhealth.bsky.social. Together, we are strong.
“All I can say is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims - and as far as possible one must refuse to be on the side of the pestilence.”
- Albert Camus, The Plague
- Albert Camus, The Plague
April 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“All I can say is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims - and as far as possible one must refuse to be on the side of the pestilence.”
- Albert Camus, The Plague
- Albert Camus, The Plague
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If you can't afford to use a diagnostic test, then its relative performance characteristics become irrelevant.
Important issue raised re blood cultures 👇 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#ClinMicro #IDSky #AMR
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Important issue raised re blood cultures 👇 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#ClinMicro #IDSky #AMR
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The cost of blood cultures: a barrier to diagnosis in low-income and middle-income countries
The recent Editorial by The Lancet Microbe, titled Rethinking blood culture, highlights
the blood culture bottle shortage in the USA and the overreliance on single manufacturers.1
The shortages of blo...
www.thelancet.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you can't afford to use a diagnostic test, then its relative performance characteristics become irrelevant.
Important issue raised re blood cultures 👇 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#ClinMicro #IDSky #AMR
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Important issue raised re blood cultures 👇 @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social
#ClinMicro #IDSky #AMR
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Testing. Treatment. Advocacy.
We are proving that TB can be beaten, but it takes all of us to drive change 💪
Let’s fight for a world where no one dies from a preventable disease.
Click here to learn more about TB by downloading our advocacy guide: act.pih.org/tb
We are proving that TB can be beaten, but it takes all of us to drive change 💪
Let’s fight for a world where no one dies from a preventable disease.
Click here to learn more about TB by downloading our advocacy guide: act.pih.org/tb
March 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Testing. Treatment. Advocacy.
We are proving that TB can be beaten, but it takes all of us to drive change 💪
Let’s fight for a world where no one dies from a preventable disease.
Click here to learn more about TB by downloading our advocacy guide: act.pih.org/tb
We are proving that TB can be beaten, but it takes all of us to drive change 💪
Let’s fight for a world where no one dies from a preventable disease.
Click here to learn more about TB by downloading our advocacy guide: act.pih.org/tb
Reposted by Leslie Enane
New publication, led by @rachaelburke.bsky.social
In meta-analysis of ~100,000 hospital admission, we found that AIDS-related illnesses (42%) & especially #TB (19%) remain the commonest cause of hospitalisation for people with #HIV, despite high ART coverage.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
In meta-analysis of ~100,000 hospital admission, we found that AIDS-related illnesses (42%) & especially #TB (19%) remain the commonest cause of hospitalisation for people with #HIV, despite high ART coverage.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
March 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
New publication, led by @rachaelburke.bsky.social
In meta-analysis of ~100,000 hospital admission, we found that AIDS-related illnesses (42%) & especially #TB (19%) remain the commonest cause of hospitalisation for people with #HIV, despite high ART coverage.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
In meta-analysis of ~100,000 hospital admission, we found that AIDS-related illnesses (42%) & especially #TB (19%) remain the commonest cause of hospitalisation for people with #HIV, despite high ART coverage.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Reposted by Leslie Enane
"You Are (Still) Not Alone: #HIV Long-Term Survivor Rebecca Denison Lays Out the Next Phase of the Fight" via @thebodydotcom.bsky.social
www.thebody.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"You Are (Still) Not Alone: #HIV Long-Term Survivor Rebecca Denison Lays Out the Next Phase of the Fight" via @thebodydotcom.bsky.social
Reposted by Leslie Enane
(🧵) In honor of #WorldTBDay, we're sharing recommendations from PIHers on what to read about #tuberculosis.
These books highlight the urgent fight against TB—through history, research, and the voices of those affected.
Follow the thread to check out some of these recommendations 👇
These books highlight the urgent fight against TB—through history, research, and the voices of those affected.
Follow the thread to check out some of these recommendations 👇
March 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
(🧵) In honor of #WorldTBDay, we're sharing recommendations from PIHers on what to read about #tuberculosis.
These books highlight the urgent fight against TB—through history, research, and the voices of those affected.
Follow the thread to check out some of these recommendations 👇
These books highlight the urgent fight against TB—through history, research, and the voices of those affected.
Follow the thread to check out some of these recommendations 👇
Reposted by Leslie Enane
On World Tuberculosis Day, we acknowledge that “tuberculosis is both a form and expression of injustice,” as @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social put it and recommit to ending TB
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
The injustice of tuberculosis
Why would John Green, a best-selling American novelist, write a book about tuberculosis?
The answer can be found in his new book Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and
Persistence of Our Deadlies...
www.thelancet.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
On World Tuberculosis Day, we acknowledge that “tuberculosis is both a form and expression of injustice,” as @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social put it and recommit to ending TB
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.bsky.social