Items tagged with Global TB response

To eliminate TB we need imagination and ambition (post)

In an article published in The Conversation, Dr. Madhukar Pai reflects on the UN High-Level Meeting on TB commitments and calls for greater ambition in the fight against TB, "...the biggest problem is not money or science but a lack of ambition."

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

Aidspan: Global Fund Observer

Update: UN HLM Political Declaration Country Targets (post)

The UN High-Level Meeting (UN HLM) Political Declaration on TB contains a number of global targets endorsed by Heads of State, including targets to successfully diagnose and treat 40 million people with TB by 2022, including 3.5 million children with TB, and 1.5 million people with drug-resistant TB.

MDR-TB: A ‘global public health crisis’ (post)

TB killed 1.6 million people in 2017 — more than 4,000 each day. Among its deadly attributes, TB is the leading killer of patients with HIV and the cause of one-third of all deaths related to antimicrobial resistance, according to WHO.

Tuberculosis at the United Nations: a missed chance (post)

On Sept 26, the UN General Assembly hosted the first high-level meeting on tuberculosis under the key theme “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic” in New York (NY, USA). The purpose of the meeting was to provide a platform for high-level leaders to reaffirm their commitment to accelerate efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030, but the outcome was unsatisfactory.

Highlights from the 49th Union World Conference on Lung Health (post)

The Kochon Prize 2018 (post)

His Excellency, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health of South Africa and the Global TB Caucus won the 2018 Kochon Prize, while the Stop TB Partnership prize for Community Leadership and Mobilization went to MKUTA of Tanzania.

Understanding the UN HLM Declaration: Launch of the key targets and commitments and the country breakdown targets (post)

23 October 2018, The Hague – Today at the 2018 Union Conference, the Stop TB Partnership is issuing several documents to help advocates hold their leaders to account over the next few years for delivery of the targets contained in the Political Declaration from the recent historic UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB.

Is the global tuberculosis control strategy too big to fail? (post)

"There are many hard questions to be asked about strategy, leadership, and longstanding inefficiencies, including wasteful meetings, redundant international organisations, and antiquated, ineffective service delivery. Asking tough questions should not be seen as an attack; it is essential to rapidly learn from past failures and course correct to ensure increased funding and the success of robust tuberculosis control efforts."

IJTLD November 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).