Items tagged with Advocacy

GCTA at The Union Conference (post)

2nd anniversary of the WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB (post)

To mark the 2nd anniversary of the first-ever WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending TB in Moscow, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program released an overview of the key progress achieved so far regarding the implementation of the commitments made in the Moscow Declaration and the UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

World Children’s Day: Message from Dr Tereza Kasaeva (post)

Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the World Health Organization Global TB Program, released a message on World Children’s Day (November 20) emphasizing the need of scaling up countries' efforts to end TB in children and adolescents, and reaching the committed targets at the UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

Survey on counseling for people with TB (post)

TBpeople is conducting a survey on counseling for people with TB. The survey is carried out within the framework of a larger study aimed to identify gaps and propose recommendations on improving the way counseling is offered to people with TB.

Russian TB survivors fight stigma (post)

While tuberculosis is seen in many countries as an illness from a long-gone era, it remains an acute problem in Russia. According to World Health Organization statistics, 79,000 people in Russia contracted tuberculosis, or TB, in 2018.

Tereza Kasaeva: World AIDS Day message (post)

Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the World Health Organization Global TB Program, released a message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December 2019.

To meet HIV world health goals, TB must also be reduced (post)

New York, Dec. 1, 2019 — The World Health Organization has set a goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. To achieve that goal, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which the American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is calling on governments, health advocates and non-government organizations on World AIDS Day to strengthen their response to AIDS and tuberculosis.

Good COPs or Bad COPs webinar: Promoting interventions for co-infections and AIDS in 2020 PEPFAR COPs (post)

Treatment Action Group, Médecins Sans Frontières and Health GAP will host a webinar on 22 January 2020 on how to engage in PEPFAR Country Operational Plans (COPs) advocacy and promote the prioritization of interventions that address HIV co-infections and AIDS.

Call for Alternate Board Member: Communities Delegation to Unitaid Board (post)

The Communities Delegation to the Unitaid Board is looking to appoint a new Alternate Board Member to represent communities living with and affected by HIV, TB and malaria and those co-infected with HIV and HCV. The deadline for applications is 10 January 2020.

Call for nominations: Developed Country NGO Delegation to Global Fund Board (post)

The Developed Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund Board is currently seeking applications for its next Board Member and Alternate Board Member.