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Step up for TB campaign website launched (post)
On July 16 the Stop TB Partnership and Médecins Sans Frontières launched Step up for TB campaign calling on all countries to update their TB policies in line with the latest WHO policies within 500 days.
TB survivors urge Indian government to effectively tackle disease (post)
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS): Survivors Against Tuberculosis (TB) -- a group of TB survivors in India -- has urged the government to urgently strengthen its initiatives to tackle TB in the country by making TB care patient-centric, accessible and affordable.
Increasing funding for TB research: an advocacy strategy webinar (post)
Cutting-edge science and research are critical to developing new tools to catalyze the end of tuberculosis (TB). The US government plays a vital role in advancing research and development (R&D) for TB, as it is the largest supporter of TB R&D globally. Yet years of flat US government funding for TB R&D have eroded the prospect of new tests, treatments, and a vaccine to combat the rising threat of drug-resistant TB. Urgent advocacy and action are needed to maintain and increase US government funding for TB R&D.
Meet global HIV and TB commitments now: a call for action and global solidarity (post)
On October 27 - 28th, a group of 35 advocates from around the world attended a meeting, Financing HIV and TB Services and Advocacy in Middle Income Countries: Developing an Action Plan sponsored by ICSS and Open Society Foundations to develop an Action Plan to address funding withdrawals for HIV and TB in middle-income countries (MICs).
Stop TB Partnership and its partners 'unite to end TB' by launching a social impact fund and an accelerator for impact (post)
07 November 2016 - Geneva, Switzerland - The Stop TB Partnership and its partners are pleased to announce the launch of a social impact fund called Venture Lab (vLAB), which will pool and blend private and public capital to address systemic barriers in the TB space. The organization also announced that one of its Private Sector Constituency members has made an initial donation to the fund.
New alliance to hold UN and others accountable for antimicrobial resistance commitments (post)
A new international alliance to support the United Nations Resolution on Antimicrobial Resistance was launched this week (November 14-18). The Conscience of Antimicrobial Resistance Accountability (CARA) aims to bring together organisations committing to reporting on mutually agreed upon indicators in countries around the world, and to hold the UN and other stakeholders accountable to their commitments.
Experts call for collective action to end TB in the Western Pacific (post)
Denarau, Fiji, Nov 23, 2016 – While there has been remarkable progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in the Western Pacific region over the past two decades, the disease remains a major public health problem and a renewed effort is required to end the epidemic, said public health experts who gathered this week in Fiji for a regional TB meeting.
UN Secretary-General urges action on High-Level Panel report on medicines access (post)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a message praising the “milestone” report of a High-Level Panel on access to medicines he set up a year ago to address the continuing problem of medicines prices being too high for many in the world to afford, and the lack of access to quality medicines for many. In his message, he called on governments to review the report and its recommendations, and to chart a way forward to address the problem of lack of access to medicines and health technologies.
Pressure builds on WHO to show leadership on access to medicines (post)
Frustrated at the lack of commitment by the World Health Organization (WHO) on intellectual property and access to medicines, civil society organizations are making their views known. With a decision on the shortlist for the new WHO Director General imminent, HIV treatment and health activists are calling for strong leadership on issues related to innovation, intellectual property and access to health commodities, including medicines.
Where is civil society in the fight against TB? (post)
Last year I met Saw Robert, a bus driver from Myanmar undergoing treatment for multiple-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), at a Médecins Sans Frontières clinic in Yangon.
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