Items tagged with Global TB response
IJTLD December 2016 issue now online (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer
Raise profile, funding of global TB response to match advances seen in HIV, malaria efforts report says (post)
Over the first 15 years of this century, as efforts against the “big three” global infectious diseases — HIV, malaria and tuberculosis — accelerated, the numbers of new HIV infections dropped by 32 percent, and the number of deaths caused by the virus declined by 31 percent. Malaria infections dropped by 18 percent, and deaths from that disease went down by 48 percent. Efforts to control tuberculosis were not nearly as successful, a recently released report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies notes, with new cases globally dropping by about 1 percent, and deaths — not counting the numbers of tuberculosis-related deaths among people with HIV — falling by 22 percent.
World AIDS Day message: Preventing TB deaths among people living with HIV (post)
As countries and partners come together to commemorate World AIDS Day this year and call for intensified HIV prevention, preventing TB deaths among people living with HIV should remain firmly on the radar.
World Bank injects $122 million to tackle TB in Southern Africa (post)
MAPUTO, December 7, 2016 — Following the approval by the World Bank Board in May of this year of $122 million worth of financial assistance to tackle the scourge of Tuberculosis (TB) in some of Southern Africa’s high burden TB countries -- Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia -- the capital of Mozambique hosts today the regional launch for the project. The event represents a milestone in the project’s life-cycle and serves as a summit of policy makers and experts from the above countries, which have demonstrated leadership and interest in working together to explore innovative ways of confronting the Southern Africa’s TB challenge.
MSF and Stop TB Partnership urge further action to address TB crisis at BRICS health meeting (post)
Geneva, 16 December 2016
TB REACH initiatives will fund 38 new projects for over US$ 16 million to support innovations in TB (post)
19 December 2016 - Geneva, Switzerland - The Stop TB Partnership Executive Committee has approved recommendations from the TB REACH Project Review Committee for US$ 16 million in new funding to implement and scale up innovative projects aimed at improving TB detection and care services. The Wave 5 selection process was TB REACH’s most competitive ever - over 530 applications requesting US$ 267.7 million were received, reviewed and finally just 38 (7%) projects were selected for funding.
Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)
Aidspan: Global Fund Observer
WHO establishes Global TB Research Task Force (post)
Geneva, 21 December 2016 - In an effort to accelerate progress towards ending TB, WHO’s Global TB Programme (GTB) has established the first Global TB Research Task Force.
IJTLD January 2017 issue now online (post)
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD) is the official publication of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union).
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