Items tagged with Advocacy
Tereza Kasaeva: It's time to stand up for human right! #EndTB (post)
Оn the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December, Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Program delivered a special message highlighting the importance of promoting a human rights based approach to end TB.
UNACCEPTABLE: Ten years since the introduction of a TB rapid molecular test – but still only one in seven people in need of a rapid test have access (post)
Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 2020 - Only one in seven people in need of being tested for tuberculosis (TB) receive a rapid diagnostic test despite the fact that the first rapid molecular test for TB has now been in existence for a decade. As the GeneXpert test marks its 10th anniversary this week, the Stop TB Partnership calls for an emergency expansion of the use of rapid molecular diagnostics to ensure the speedy and efficient diagnosis of TB for all those that need it.
Join the WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB: Call for applications for two vacant positions (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking applicants to serve on the WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB with a deadline of 30 December 2020. Two civil society representatives will be selected; they are expected to serve until end December 2022. The aim of the Task Force is to intensify the voice of civil society in ending TB at all levels.
Good COPs or Bad COPs webinar: Promoting interventions for co-infections and advanced HIV disease in 2021 PEPFAR COPs (post)
TB and viral hepatitis co-infections and advanced HIV disease (AHD) put the lives of people living with HIV at risk, and interventions to address these must be prioritized by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and reflected in its funding allocations. The development of FY2021 Country Operational Plans (COPs) provides a critical opportunity for advocates to ensure that the latest developments in preventing, diagnosing, and treating co-infections and AHD are implemented within PEPFAR programs.
Union statement on TB in migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic (post)
The Union’s Tuberculosis and Migration working group has released a statement stressing that there must not be neglect of tuberculosis (TB) among migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
GCTA 2020: A year in review (post)
The Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) released a newsletter highlighting the initiatives and activities carried out by the organization during the second half of 2020 in the complex context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the TB response.
TB REACH 2020: A year in review (post)
The Stop TB Partnership released a video highlighting the work accomplished by TB REACH in 2020 in fighting TB while combating COVID-19.
Global TB Caucus partner newsletter (post)
The Global TB Caucus released a newsletter presenting the key activities and achievements of the Caucus during the second half of 2020.
A Deadly Divide: TB Commitments vs. TB Realities - now available in Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese (post)
In December 2020, more than 150 TB-affected community and civil society partners from over 60 countries released a report, A Deadly Divide: TB Commitments versus TB Realities, evaluating the progress towards fulfilling the targets and commitments contained within the UN Political Declaration on TB.
Good COPs or Bad COPs webinar: Promoting interventions for co-infections and AHD in 2021 PEPFAR COPs - webinar materials now available online (post)
On 21 January 2021, Treatment Action Group and partners conducted a webinar on how to engage in PEPFAR Country Operational Plans (COPs) advocacy and promote the prioritization of interventions that address HIV co-infections and advanced HIV disease (AHD).
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