Items tagged with Advocacy
Sanofi faces criticism at Lung Conference (post with simple image)
TB activists at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health demanded that pharmaceutical company Sanofi be held accountable for failing to provide life-saving products to people and children living with TB and drug-resistant TB in South Africa and across the world.
No more business as usual! (post with simple image)
CAPE TOWN, 5th DECEMBER 2015: Today activists disrupted the calm halls of the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health. Activists from the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), SECTION27, the Global TB Community Advisory Board, the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) and the ITPC sat on the floors of the hallways and held their own plenary session in huge disappointment at the “business as usual” status quo of the Union.
Speech by TAC's Anele Yawa at closing of Lung Conference (post with simple image)
* This is a transcript of the speech given by the General Secretary of the Treatment Action Campaign, Anele Yawa, at the closing ceremony of the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health.
ARASA launches activist guide on human rights and TB (post with simple image)
The guide serves as a framework for activists in Southern and East Africa working on HIV, TB and human rights issues in the region. It aims to provide a starting point for activists to identify the key advocacy priorities relating to TB and human rights in their own countries.
Sign a petition: Tell world leaders to end childhood tuberculosis (post with simple image)
The petition will be open for signatures until World TB Day, March 2016, when it will be presented to world leaders.
Call for applications to vacant position on the Core Group of the Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (post with simple image)
The Global Drug−resistant TB Initiative (GDI) is announcing a Call for applications for a new member to serve on the GDI Core Group in 2016−2017. Representation is sought from the key GDI constituency of "Civil society, patients and affected communities".
Urgent need to make linezolid available in South Africa at affordable price (post with simple image)
TB advocates urge pharmaceutical companies to register their respective linezolid products in South Africa and make them available at an affordable price.
TAG’s response to the U.S. Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (post with simple image)
The targets set forth in the Obama Administration’s National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis are not ambitious enough to effectively stop the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
U.S. Senators appeal to President Obama for TB plan funding (post with simple image)
U.S. Senators send letter urging President Obama to increase funding to allow full implementation of the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis.
Call for applications for the Union Community Advisory Panel (post with simple image)
Apply before February 12 if you want to be part of the Union Community Advisory Panel. The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease is forming the Panel to improve community engagement within the organization.
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