Items tagged with Global TB response

Will the change in the Global Fund Disease Split reduce TB deaths? (post)

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How COVID-19 threatens to undo years of progress in TB control (post)

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) recently released Global Tuberculosis Report for 2021 paints a dismal picture of the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the fight against TB across the globe.

Global Fund Board approves new strategy (post)

Global Fund Board approves new strategy placing people and communities at center to lead fight against HIV, TB, malaria, to build systems for health, equity and strengthen pandemic preparedness

Stop TB Partnership: Official side-event at Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 (post)

The Stop TB Partnership will host an official side-event, Undernutrition causes 20% of world’s TB cases. What to do?, at Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 on 6 December 2021.

Global TB Caucus: Platform of Experts - Implementing the Multisectoral accountability framework (post)

The Global TB Caucus will host the second meeting of the Platform of Experts on 2 December 2021. The meeting will be centered on the need to implement the Multisectoral accountability framework, focusing particularly on the parliamentarians' checklist developed by the Global TB Caucus and piloted in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region.

Lifetime burden of disease due to incident TB (post)

New study finds the consequences of post-tuberculosis adds substantially to the disease burden caused by tuberculosis.

Open access TB publications (post)

Missing in action: Why children are not getting TB treatment (post)

Every day, more than 650 children around the world die from tuberculosis – largely because they have never had the chance to be diagnosed and treated. 

Global launch of Learnings, Best Practices and Challenges on TB Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights report (post)

On 15 December 2021, the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) and partners will host a high-level event for the launch of Learnings, Best Practices and Challenges on TB Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights report. The report follows the successful completion of a series of national, regional and global consultations.

WHO and Global Fund warn inequalities block progress towards ending AIDS, TB and malaria (post)

GENEVA, 09 December 2021 – Inequities have been widely acknowledged as barriers to achieving global and national goals and targets in HIV, TB and malaria programs. However, the magnitude and extent of underlying health inequalities have remained poorly documented and understood.