Items tagged with Global TB response
The TB and HIV co-epidemic in the spotlight at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (post)
22 July 2018 | AMSTERDAM: The TB and HIV co-epidemic was in the spotlight at the 22nd International AIDS Conference, “Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges”, which took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and was attended by more than 15,000 delegates. The World Health Organization delegation was led by the Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who opened the conference calling on delegates to harness the same energy and passion, and the same resources used to respond to HIV, in order to achieve universal health coverage, asserting that this is how we will defeat AIDS and build a healthier safer world for everyone, everywhere. This message is also essential for ending TB and ensuring people-centred care and prevention for all.
British University and medical leaders call on PM to attend UN TB meeting (post)
On 1 August 2018, UK Academics and Professionals to End Tuberculosis sent a letter to the UK Prime Minister, which calls on her to attend the first ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, in New York next month.
PM Modi asked to take on the US to ensure TB drugs remain affordable (post)
Modi announced India’s plan to eliminate TB by 2025 four months ago, but American intervention has put spanner in the works.
ICOH calls for a strong global effort to promote occupational safety and health strategies to prevent TB in high-risk worker populations (post)
The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) recently put out two statements advocating for work place interventions to prevent TB among health workers and silica exposed workers (e.g. construction and mining). ICOH is also hoping to have these opportunities to prevent TB highlighted in the final declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB in September.
Members of U.S. Congress sign letter supporting the UN High-Level Meeting on TB (post)
On 8 August 2018, 106 members of the U.S. Congress sent a letter to the U.S. President Donald Trump encouraging him to ensure meaningful U.S. engagement in the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on TB in September.
Trump administration siding with former Obama aide at U.N. to protect industry profits (post)
The Trump administration, fresh off its battle against breastfeeding at the United Nations, is once again pressuring countries to revise a U.N. public health resolution, this time focused on tuberculosis.
IJTLD September 2018 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).
South Africa strikes deal on new TB drug as WHO revisits guidance (post)
AMSTERDAM — The World Health Organization could soon start promoting a new tuberculosis drug that is now more affordable after South Africa brokered a deal with a pharmaceutical company to slash the price by half.
The need for a strong UN declaration on TB (post)
There is a concerted effort to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from the world. The shift in the global threat perception of the disease was evident at the first ever Global Ministerial Conference on ending TB in Moscow late last year. There, 120 nations adopted the Moscow Declaration, which included commitments on universalizing access to TB care, ensuring adequate financing of TB programmes, investing in research and development (R&D) and building mechanisms to review progress.
Support South Africa at UN – we need better & affordable TB medicines (post)
Negotiations are currently underway in New York for a United Nations (UN) political declaration on tuberculosis. In order to have a meaningful impact on the TB epidemic, members states must make concrete commitments to address the global TB crisis – a crisis that kills more than 1.5 million people globally every year and that remains South Africa’s leading reported cause of death.
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