Items tagged with Global TB response
TB Europe Coalition: It’s about time the European Union takes responsibility for drug-resistant TB (post with simple image)
With EU elections coming up soon, there is a great opportunity for the new European Institutions to take concrete initiatives on drug-resistant tuberculosis: the only ingredient missing so far is political will.
TB Europe Coalition: Drug resistant tuberculosis a cross border threat: EU must act now! (post with simple image)
The TB Europe Coalition released a call to action urging the European Union to take immediate action against drug resistant tuberculosis, which is a serious cross-border health threat.
$45 million TB cut will not affect “aggregate U.S. support,” Shah says (post with simple image)
When USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah went to Congress to discuss the Obama administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015, he began with remarks in which he made no mention of tuberculosis and aside from a mention of “creating an AIDS-free generation,” made no mention of the global HIV pandemic. There was also no mention of global tuberculosis or global HIV in his lengthy prepared statement.
Documents: SADC on TB integration, cross-border referrals (post with simple image)
Released at a March regional meeting on tuberculosis in southern Africa's mines, these documents cover TB treatment harmonization, compensation and the economic benefits of regular TB screening of mining communities.
Drug shortages threaten US anti-TB efforts (post with simple image)
Mounting problems with accessing life-saving products to diagnose and treat TB threaten the progress made against this communicable disease.
The first region-wide meeting of TB activists kicked off today in Kyiv! (post with simple image)
At a time of great challenges for Ukraine, twenty-three tuberculosis (TB) activists, representing twelve countries from the Eastern European and Central Asian region, gathered in Kyiv to attend a training aimed at strengthening their capacity to participate in national and regional TB responses.
‘We demand action’: Death toll from drug-resistant tuberculosis must be slashed within a year (post with simple image)
Phumeza Tisile, co-author of the DR-TB Manifesto and XDR-TB survivor, delivers urgent plea to World Health Assembly delegates on behalf of 50,000 supporters worldwide.
WHA approves Post-2015 Global TB Strategy and Targets (post with simple image)
The strategy aims to end the global TB epidemic, with targets to reduce TB deaths by 95% and to cut new cases by 90% between 2015 and 2035.
Tuberculosis in Tajikistan: achievements, challenges and opportunities (post with simple image)
National and development partners, including the WHO Country Office and the Global Fund Portfolio Manager, met on 4 April 2014 in Tajikistan to discuss the sustainability of the national tuberculosis (TB) programme (NTP) and overall health system strengthening within the area of TB/multidrug-resistant TB (TB/MDR TB) control and prevention.
Return of the 'White Plague': Fears over the rise of 'incurable' TB (post with simple image)
"The disease has reached a public health emergency in South Africa. We treat 8,000 cases of resistance a year and now a chunk of those have developed resistance beyond XDR-TB - incurable TB."
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