Items tagged with Advocacy
Stop TB Partnership to host two webinars in April (post)
The Stop TB Partnership will host two webinars on important aspects and developments in the global TB response.
WHO Platform for community-based TB activities releases its first newsletter (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Platform for community-based TB activities released its first newsletter.
“This is a problem we can solve. We just need people to care.” (post)
Sixteen tuberculosis (TB) survivors met with leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to share their experiences with those who have responsibility for determining the US government’s response to TB both in the US and worldwide. This was part of World TB Survivor Advocacy Day – an annual event coordinated by the US-based TB Roundtable, on whose secretariat The Union serves with other partner organisations.
Stop TB Partnership announces call for the 2019 Kochon Prize nominations (post)
IT’S TIME for human rights in TB! The Kochon Prize will recognize TB human rights champions.
Community Connect submissions for 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health (post)
The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health will take place on 30 October - 2 November 2019 in Hyderabad, India under the theme Ending the Emergency: Science, Leadership, Action.
Drug price transparency: 10 countries back World Health Assembly resolution (post)
Ten countries, including five European Union (EU) member states, have now lined up in support of a landmark resolution to increase transparency of drug prices globally, which is expected to be a key focus of deliberations by WHO member states as they convene for the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA), May 20-28 in Geneva.
TAGline May 2019: Nothing About Us Without Us (post)
This TAGline is all about the importance of community engagement in research to end the epidemics of HIV, HCV, and TB. As this edition’s cover shows, protestors at the “Storm the NIH” demonstration and die-in in May 1990 demanded political will and funding for research, and equitable access to treatment for HIV. This bold and knowledgeable action brought about a massive increase to investment in HIV research, and extensive changes to how AIDS clinical trials were conducted.
Сall for applications: Regional meeting on capacity building on DR-TB treatment in the EECA region (post)
The TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) announced a call for applications to participate in a regional meeting on capacity building of civil society to advocate for safe and affordable drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) treatment in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). The meeting will take place on 18-20 June 2019 in Kiev, Ukraine.
Survey about advocacy for sustainable financing for health (post)
The Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) of UHC2030 and Global Fund Advocates Network (GFAN) are conducting a survey to collect perspectives about current needs and opportunities for advocacy for health financing in low- and middle-income countries.
Several developed countries want to “derail” transparency resolution – civil society groups say (post)
More than 100 civil society organisations and health experts signed on to an open letter yesterday calling out Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the UK and Australia, along with Austria and the United States, as wanting to “derail” and “weaken” the transparency resolution on drug prices and R&D costs.
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