Items tagged with Global TB response

Opinion pieces reflect on the upcoming UN High-Level Meeting on TB (post)

South Africa and the global TB response (post)

Aidspan publishes new issue of ‘Global Fund Observer’ (post)

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer

IJTLD October 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).

September 2018 issue of Public Health Action now online (post)

Public Health Action is the free access, online journal of The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. The journal focuses on tuberculosis, lung health, non-communicable diseases and related public health issues.

Johnson & Johnson announces 10-year initiative to help end TB, the world’s #1 infectious killer (post)

J&J’s goal is to save an estimated 1.8 million lives and prevent 12 million new TB infections.

Global health and business leaders pledge major commitments to end TB (post)

Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, global health and business leaders convened at the TB Innovation Summit on 25 September and pledged major commitments to end the world’s deadliest infectious disease. The Summit was co-hosted by the Stop TB Partnership, Johnson & Johnson, World Economic Forum, UN Foundation, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Two reports on TB, human rights, and the law (post)

The O'Neill Institute, alongside the Stop TB Partnership, has released two new reports on TB, human rights, and the law ahead of the first-ever UN High-Level Meeting on TB. Both reports are focused on addressing pressing legal and human rights issues in the context of TB, namely coercion and criminalization, and migration.

Unitaid extends key research grant as part of a strong counterattack on TB (post)

New York, 25 September 2018 – Unitaid is intensifying its commitment to fighting tuberculosis with a US$ 21 million investment in extending endTB, a global research project that is improving treatment regimens for patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).

Groundbreaking pledge of United Nations agencies to end HIV, TB and viral hepatitis epidemics in Europe at high-level meeting on ending TB (post)

For the first time, 14 United Nations agencies have joined forces to end the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis – Europe’s deadliest communicable diseases. The commitment was demonstrated with the launch of the first-ever United Nations Common Position on Ending HIV, TB and Viral Hepatitis through Intersectoral Collaboration in the WHO European Region.