Items tagged with Advocacy
Global leaders meet in Delhi to fast-track End TB efforts (post)
New Delhi, 9 March 2018 - Building on the momentum being created globally to end tuberculosis, world’s top infectious killer disease, leaders from across the globe are converging here for an End TB Summit beginning 13 March to review ongoing efforts and accelerate action to reach 2030 End TB goal.
Delhi End TB Week in pictures (post)
Pictures from the Delhi End TB Summit, held on 13-16 March 2018, and other related events compiled by the Stop TB Partnership.
GFAN World TB Day communications toolkit (post)
The Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) released a communications toolkit for World TB Day (March 24), and produced a short video titled “We’ll See You in New York”.
On World TB Day, health advocates call on global leaders to commit to ending the disease (post)
Washington, D.C. (March 22) – ACTION global health advocacy partnership is observing World Tuberculosis (TB) Day with new calls on world leaders to prioritize ending the disease. Caused by an airborne bacterium, TB is the world’s leading infectious disease killer, responsible for 1.7 million deaths per year and sickening more than 10 million in 2017.
Tackling TB stigma – a necessary step toward humanising TB (post)
Stigma has long been recognised within the tuberculosis (TB) community as a barrier to ending the disease. It is a complex and challenging issue involving institutions, communities, and societal attitudes. The global TB and HIV epidemics are both worsened by stigma, incited by their association with poverty, social marginalisation, and the risk of transmission and death. But what is being done to confront it?
World TB Day Luncheon and UN Missions Briefing (post)
On 21 March 2018, two members of the Affected Communities and Civil Society Advisory Panel to the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB (UN HLM on TB) - Ingrid Schoeman and Jeff Acaba - had the opportunity to speak at a special World TB Day Luncheon and Missions Briefing at the UN. The luncheon was attended by Ambassadors from around the world who all came to hear Ingrid and Jeff’s personal stories as TB survivors and why the UN HLM on TB is such an important opportunity that needs strong political support. They then all got to take part in unveiling a new End TB installation that will stay at the UN lobby until the HLM.
The Union releases its March newsletter (post)
The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) released its March newsletter dedicated to World TB Day, March 24.
Friends of the Global Fight releases new brief examining U.S. leadership on HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria (post)
Friends of the Global Fight: At the Tipping Point: U.S. Leadership to End AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The upcoming UN general assembly resolution on TB must also benefit children (post)
The United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB in September 2018 marks an unprecedented opportunity to strengthen countries' commitment to ending TB, but new resolutions should also benefit children.
Announcing Challenge Facility for Civil Society Round 8 grantees (post)
The Stop TB Partnership announced the successful grantees under the Challenge Facility for Civil Society Round 8 selected from across the regions of Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe.
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