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1/4/6x24 Mid-campaign report launch webinar - recording now available online (post)
The 1/4/6x24 Campaign and the Stop TB Partnership co-hosted a webinar on 27 March 2024 to launch the Campaign’s new report: Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments. The report highlights progress and gaps in scaling up access to shorter, safer TB regimens — one month or once weekly for TB prevention, four months for drug-susceptible TB, and six months for drug-resistant TB — by the end of 2024.
Call for expression of interest: Mobilizing young people in the fight to end TB: WHO 1+1 Initiative (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Programme is launching a call for expressions of interest, seeking collaborators to design and conduct a series of youth engagement campaigns in selected countries on ending TB.
WHO BPaLM Accelerator Platform (post)
The WHO BPaLM Accelerator Platform was established in January 2023, right after the update of the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the treatment of drug-resistant TB in 2022. The purpose of the WHO BPaLM Accelerator Platform is to support countries and stakeholders in information exchange and technical discussions to address challenges in the adoption and implementation of the BPaLM/BPaL regimen (consisting of bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid and moxifloxacin, with the provision of dropping moxifloxacin in case of confirmed resistance to fluoroquinolones). This is also to support the Call to Action on rolling out of the BPaLM regimen and other short regimens for treatment of drug-resistant TB that was initiated by WHO and its multiple partners.
WHO Town Hall for civil society and affected communities on the operationalization of the 2023 TB Political Declaration (post)
On 14 May 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a civil society Town Hall in close collaboration with the WHO Civil Society Task Force on TB. The Town Hall will focus on the urgent actions needed to translate the Political Declaration of the 2023 UN High-Level Meeting on TB into action, through the civil society lens and community empowerment.
The Union Conference: Community Connect submissions open (post)
Community Connect, an open-access space, is a valuable addition and important highlight of The Union World Conference of Lung Health 2024. This year’s program will comprise of sessions in 4 tracks.
SMART4TB survey: Share your perspective on TB treatment language (post)
SMART4TB wants to hear from you about the best person-centered language to describe TB treatment that takes severity and risk factors into account when coming up with a treatment plan. You are invited to complete a brief, five-minute questionnaire which can be accessed here.
SMART4TB survey: Influence TB diagnostics (post)
SMART4TB invites you to take part in a 15-minute diagnostic questionnaire, 'Understanding preferences for TB point-of-care diagnostics to inform the development of new tests'. It aims to understand the opinions of TB healthcare workers, policymakers, researchers, and affected communities regarding their priorities for bringing TB diagnosis closer to point-of-care for patients.
TAG webinar: TB diagnostics pipeline: New tools & opportunities to improve access to testing - recording now available online (post)
On 15 May 2024, Treatment Action Group (TAG) hosted a webinar on TB diagnostics pipeline: New tools & opportunities to improve access to testing.
Call for membership to the Communities Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund (post)
The Communities Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is currently inviting applications for membership from people living with HIV, and affected by TB or malaria. The selection process strives to achieve a balanced and representative Delegation.
OVERDUE: Including pregnant participants in TB research webinar (post)
The SMART4TB Consortium will host a webinar on 20 June 2024 about the consensus process and statement for earlier inclusion of pregnant women and persons in TB research. Simultaneous translation will be available in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian.
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