Items tagged with Global TB response
IJTLD March 2021 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).
2020 Global TB Report app - now available in Spanish (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) 2020 Global TB Report app is now available for free download in Spanish. The app is also available in English, French and Russian.
Webinar: WHO TB Policy Guidance: Outlook for 2021 (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) will host a webinar on 16 March 2021 to provide an overview of planned updates to WHO TB policy guidance in 2021, promote an exchange of views on how to effectively address emerging needs of Member States for policy, and deliberate on key actions needed to enhance the implementation and evaluation of global TB policy guidance.
Gender-Sensitive & Equitable Response to End TB: Webinar recording now available online (post)
To commemorate the International Women's Day, 8 March 2021, the World Health Organization and the Global Coalition of TB Activists conducted a webinar, #ChooseToChallenge: A Gender-Sensitive & Equitable Response to End TB.
WHO World TB Day online talk show (post)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is organizing a special virtual talk show to commemorate World TB Day on 24 March at 13:00H CET. This will put the spotlight on TB in the midst of the ongoing COVID crisis.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan appointed the new Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board (post)
The Stop TB Partnership Board has appointed Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, as the new Chair of the Stop TB Partnership Board. Dr. Harsh Vardhan’s three-year tenure will begin in 2021.
As COVID-19 derails TB progress, advocates demand renewed commitment to end TB (post)
In March last year, I had written about the potential negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services. I had expressed concern that TB services is might be one of the biggest casualties. A year later, the verdict is in: the pandemic has had a devastating impact on TB services. According to WHO, an estimated 1.4 million fewer people received necessary care for TB during 2020 compared with the previous year, because of Covid-19. According to the Stop TB Partnership, 12 months of Covid-19 eliminated 12 years of progress in the global fight against TB.
March 2021 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 TB, lung health, non-communicable diseases and related public health issues.
IJTLD April 2021 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).
Policy brief: Meaningful engagement of Civil Society and TB Affected Communities and the value of their role in TB Response (post)
The TB Europe Coalition released a policy brief aiming to increase the meaningful engagement of civil society organizations and TB affected communities in the implementation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework on TB in the time of COVID-19 pandemic in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region.
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