Items tagged with Global TB response
Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer
Obama proposes less money to fight world's top infectious killer (post)
WASHINGTON -- Less than two months after unveiling a plan to fight multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, President Barack Obama has proposed cutting the U.S. Agency for International Development's funding to combat the world's No. 1 infectious killer -- by 19 percent.
Statement of UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Eric P. Goosby on the release of the President’s FY2017 budget (post)
Following the presentation of the White House budget on February 9 that proposed a debilitating cut to tuberculosis responses, former U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and now UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Ambassador Eric P. Goosby counts the reasons that resources to fight TB matter now more than ever. The National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis recently put forward by the same administration now facing the real prospect of becoming no more “than words on a page.”
Antimicrobial resistance and the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis (post)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health emergency, and experts are concerned that the end of the age of antimicrobials is imminent [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] and [6]. Since the introduction of antimicrobials nearly a century ago, microbes have evolved a variety of methods to resist these drugs. Today, the world is dealing with ‘superbugs’ that are virtually untreatable, including drug-resistant gonorrhea, carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase producing strains [5]. The antibiotic pipeline is running dry, and AMR is threatening to undo major gains made in the control of infectious diseases. Models suggest that 300 million people are expected to die prematurely because of AMR over the next 35 years and the world’s GDP will be 2–3.5% lower than it otherwise would be in 2050 [6]. This translates into a loss of 60–100 trillion USD worth of economic output by 2050.
Ebola outbreak indirectly increases deaths from malaria, HIV, TB (post)
Recent findings published in Emerging Infectious Diseases showed that the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak indirectly increased the number of deaths caused by malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Global Fund: Transition preparedness assessment framework tool developed (post)
A transition preparedness assessment framework has been developed for the Global Fund by Curatio International Foundation (CIF), a Georgian NGO. The framework is designed to allow countries to assess their readiness to fully fund and implement their TB and HIV programs once they no longer receive financial support from The Global Fund and other donors.
Stop TB Partnership bulletin on Working Groups: issue 4 (post)
The Working Groups of the Stop TB Partnership provide inputs on critical strategic issues for TB globally, based on which the Board of the Partnership takes decisions.
TB Europe Coalition addresses European Parliament Health Committee on donor transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (post)
On 17th of February 2016, the Health Working Group of the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Security (ENVI) organised a workshop on EU response to communicable diseases.
Major pledge by European Commission signals strong replenishment for the Global Fund (post)
BRUSSELS, 03 March 2016 – The European Commission announced a pledge of €470 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the three-year period beginning in 2017, an increase of €100 million, or 27 percent, over their previous contribution.
Translational research for tuberculosis elimination: priorities, challenges, and actions (post)
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