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Eric Goosby: Giving voice to the voiceless (post with simple image)
A giant ribbon will not hang in front of the White House. No marches will be held. The lights on the Empire State building will not shine a special color. Instead, March 24th - World TB Day -is just like most any other day. Little attention will be paid to the fact that tuberculosis is now the number one infectious disease killer in the world.
Advocates call for WHO to update Delamanid Guidance to include children (post with simple image)
On World TB Day, and in light of new evidence of safety in children, advocates called on the World Health Organization to update its 2014 guidance on delamanid to include children.
Advocates, alarmed by appalling global response to MDR-TB outbreak in Papua New Guinea, call on international agencies to take action (post with simple image)
Advocates denounced the global response to an MDR-TB outbreak in Papua New Guinea and urged international agencies to immediately intervene.
Stop TB Partnership extends call for 2016 Kochon Prize (post with simple image)
The deadline for the 2016 Kochon Prize’s call for nominations has been extended until Friday, 29 April.
New guide helps civil society identify EU funding opportunities in Europe (post with simple image)
The TB Europe Coalition launched a guide for civil society organisations across the European region explaining how to access European Union (EU) funding to support their TB and HIV activities.
UN Zero Draft Political Declaration calls for joint action on TB and AIDS (post with simple image)
The Zero Draft 2016 Political Declaration released ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS contains ambitious commitments to put the world on track to end AIDS and TB by 2030.
Lives on the Edge: Time to align medical research and development with people’s health needs (post with simple image)
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released a report that outlines shortcomings of the current system for new drug development. The report highlights resulting access barriers and proposes policy solutions.
Position paper: Sustainable transition from donor support in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (post with simple image)
TB Europe Coalition released a position paper with recommendations for stakeholders in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) to ensure a sustainable and responsible transition from donor support, and continued scale up of TB and HIV activities.
Silicosis: miners win case for class certification (post with simple image)
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has certified the first class action in South African history for sick workers, allowing gold miners suffering from silicosis and tuberculosis to proceed with their claims against 30 gold producers. Obstacles remain before sick miners receive compensation but this is an important victory for them.
Stop TB Partnership launches seven key population briefs (post with simple image)
The Stop TB Partnership released a series of briefs on TB key populations recognizing that reaching everyone with services, diagnostics, treatment and care is essential to ending the TB epidemic. The briefs focus on children, miners, mobile populations, urban populations, prisoners, rural populations and people who use drugs.
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