Items tagged with Advocacy
TB in the developed world: TB Voices Project of Snohomish and King County, United States (post with simple image)
26 May 2014 - 28 people from across King and Snohomish County shared their tuberculosis (TB) experiences through the TB Voices Project in 2013. Their stories are personal, inspiring, and educational for the entire community. This innovative project is funded by the Firland Foundation.
TAG: An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Drugs (post with simple image)
The guide provides a summary of safety and efficacy data for drugs currently in use to treat TB. It also highlights research and access gaps for advocacy by activists, clinicians, and others working in TB.
South Africa: DR-TB a ‘public health emergency’ - activists (post with simple image)
Civil society groups have called for government to declare drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) a public health emergency, as the DR-TB response remains underfunded.
End DR-TB patients’ deadly waiting game now, MSF tells SA health authorities (post with simple image)
South Africa could realise savings of up to 42% through fully decentralised models of care, but fragmented, slow government response sees policy stutter after 3 years; MSF negotiates to expand access to effective drugs for more patients at lower price.
South Africa: Thousands of prisoners may have undiagnosed TB (post with simple image)
TAC and Section27 have delivered the second of two civil society memorandums at the South African TB Conference: "A prison sentence should not be a death sentence: We need a serious, urgent, public and monitored plan to stop TB in prisons".
South Africa: Litigation threat may prompt access to cheaper DR-TB drug (post with simple image)
South Africa may finally allow access to a cheaper form of the drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) drug linezolid following the lodging of a high court case.
South Africa: Minister does not join call for DR-TB emergency (post with simple image)
Despite activists’ pleas, Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has not joined almost 800 health workers and experts in supporting the call to declare drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) a public health emergency.
The establishment of a national TB coalition in Macedonia sets the example for other countries in the region (post with simple image)
A national TB coalition was established last week in Macedonia, the first of this kind in Southeastern Europe. The coalition aims to increase collaboration between civil society organisations (CSOs) working in the field of TB prevention and control. Working as an informal platform, it will help the preparation of a comprehensive plan for financial sustainability of TB and HIV service by contributing to define priorities in the provision of TB services and ensuring integration and coordination of activities offered by CSOs.
TB CAB open letter to Kochon Foundation, Stop TB Partnership and Kochon Prize Selection Committee (post with simple image)
Re: Ensuring the fair administration of the Kochon Prize
South Africa: More MSF patients with DR-TB gain access to dramatically cheaper version of life-saving drug (post with simple image)
Patients & MSF doctors elated as MCC approval for Médecins Sans Frontières to use generic linezolid paves the way for national registration and access.
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