Items tagged with Advocacy

Bosnia and Herzegovina must continue the fight against HIV/AIDS, TB without Global Fund’s aid (post)

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can remain a country with the lowest HIV rate in Europe and sustained reduction of tuberculosis levels only if full implementation of the transition from international funding towards sustainable domestically owned HIV and TB responses is ensured. But, international funding from the Global Fund to Fight HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria is ending this year.

Ending TB will take lower drug prices and a new, improved innovation ecosystem (post)

The United Nations “high-level meeting” on tuberculosis will take place in less than a month and the political declaration that emerges from it will, for better or worse, shape the global response to the world’s deadliest infectious disease for years, perhaps decades, to come. There is a very real risk that the declaration could undermine, rather than improve, access to medicines for the more than 10 million people who fall ill with tuberculosis every year. To prevent this from happening, we must distinguish disagreements that are honest from those that are dishonest.

U.S. Senators urge Trump administration to commit to ‘meaningful engagement’ during UN High-Level Meeting on TB (post)

Office of U.S. Senator Todd Young: Young, Brown Lead Senators in Urging Administration to Invest in Efforts to Defeat Tuberculosis

UN HLM on TB: Civil society pre-meeting (post)

Civil society members are invited to attend a pre-meeting ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB, which will take place on 25 September from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm at the UNAIDS offices in New York.

TB 2018: Program resources and materials now available online (post)

The program materials of TB 2018 are now available online. They include webcasts, presentation slides and pictures from the sessions. You can find all available resources here.

Report: TB Key Populations and the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment (post)

The Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) launched a report, TB Key Populations and the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment: Why Key Populations Need a Fully Funded Global Fund and Why the Global Fund Needs Fully Engaged TB Communities. 

UN HLM on TB: Civil society post-debrief meeting (post)

Civil society members are invited to attend a post-debrief meeting following the UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB, which will take place on 27 September from 9 am-12 pm at the following location:

Global health and business leaders pledge major commitments to end TB (post)

Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, global health and business leaders convened at the TB Innovation Summit on 25 September and pledged major commitments to end the world’s deadliest infectious disease. The Summit was co-hosted by the Stop TB Partnership, Johnson & Johnson, World Economic Forum, UN Foundation, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.

UN prioritizes TB prevention in high-risk occupations (post)

New York, September 25, 2018 - The United Nations General Assembly is now calling for the establishment of prevention programs to reduce Tuberculosis (TB) among miners and other workers exposed to silica dust. This declaration was released in advance of the first ever UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on TB on September 26, 2018.

Opinion pieces discuss first-ever UN High-Level Meeting on TB, need for political, financial commitments (post)