September 2012
TOP LINE NEWS
Response by Dr Lucica Ditiu, The Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership and Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of the WHO Stop TB Department.
Plans to use historical allocations as a basis for future funding are met with a strong reaction from the TB community.
The Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector was signed at the Summit Meeting of the Southern African Development Community Heads of State and Government.
A reduction in global funding to Eastern European and Central Asian countries is threatening to reverse achievements made against TB, advocates say.
The declaration, created by activists, researchers, policy makers and others working on TB, calls for zero TB deaths, zero TB infections and zero TB suffering.
Update from GDF on an interim change in leadership, the provision of second-line drugs, partial procurement and other issues.
A donor agreement will significantly reduce the cost of the rapid TB diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF in 145 high-burden and developing countries.
TB PEOPLE
Following a visit to South Africa, Jim Kim reflects on his meeting with President Zuma and the importance of World Bank engagement in Africa, including on TB.
A campaign featuring Bulgam Bhai, a superhero character that fights TB, has won an award at India’s EMVIES media awards.
South Africa is an ideal environment for TB vaccine trials, according to the head of the South Africa Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative’s clinical trials programme.
Cathy Jamieson, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB, travelled to AIDS 2012 to participate in a high-level workshop on TB and HIV.
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Lung health experts and advocates will gather in Kuala Lumpur in November to discuss challenges and opportunities in the fight against lung disease.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB is calling for written evidence to inform a report on drug-resistant TB.
Vijana Amani Pamoja continued its Kick N Test TB screening campaign with a fourth annual soccer tournament in Jericho township.
Aeras and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) have started the first clinical trial of IDRI’s TB vaccine candidate ID93 + GLA-SE.
The United States Agency for International Development has delivered four Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic machines to the Government of Kazakhstan.
UK charity Target TB has launched a three-year strategy with plans to expand its work in Africa and Asia and raise the profile of TB as a global emergency.
Vietnam’s National TB Programme, in collaboration with PATH and the Central Council of Vietnam’s Young Pioneers, has launched a national painting contest.
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and Sanofi have agreed to collaborate on research to accelerate the development of new TB drugs.
The WHO Kenya Office, in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute has launched a new course on the management of TB.
PUBLICATIONS
The authors of a PLOS Medicine article cover the systematic reviews that contributed to the development of the International Roadmap for TB Research.
New England Journal of Medicine article examines the recent history of TB policy with a view to explaining the current response to drug-resistant TB.
A book designed to help people undergoing TB treatment understand the nature of the illness and cope well with it has been translated into Russian.
PLOS Medicine article covers the opportunities and barriers to using point-of-care diagnostics in tackling diseases of global health importance.
The World Medical Association, a partner of the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, has made a MDR-TB training course available on line in Chinese.
TB CARE I has published guidelines on how to measure the prevalence of active TB disease among health care workers in order to prevent the transmission of TB.
STOP TB NEWS
September 2012
TOP LINE NEWS
Response by Dr Lucica Ditiu, The Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership and Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of the WHO Stop TB Department.
Plans to use historical allocations as a basis for future funding are met with a strong reaction from the TB community.
The Declaration on TB in the Mining Sector was signed at the Summit Meeting of the Southern African Development Community Heads of State and Government.
A reduction in global funding to Eastern European and Central Asian countries is threatening to reverse achievements made against TB, advocates say.
The declaration, created by activists, researchers, policy makers and others working on TB, calls for zero TB deaths, zero TB infections and zero TB suffering.
Update from GDF on an interim change in leadership, the provision of second-line drugs, partial procurement and other issues.
A donor agreement will significantly reduce the cost of the rapid TB diagnostic test Xpert MTB/RIF in 145 high-burden and developing countries.
TB PEOPLE
Following a visit to South Africa, Jim Kim reflects on his meeting with President Zuma and the importance of World Bank engagement in Africa, including on TB.
A campaign featuring Bulgam Bhai, a superhero character that fights TB, has won an award at India’s EMVIES media awards.
South Africa is an ideal environment for TB vaccine trials, according to the head of the South Africa Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative’s clinical trials programme.
Cathy Jamieson, a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB, travelled to AIDS 2012 to participate in a high-level workshop on TB and HIV.
NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS
Lung health experts and advocates will gather in Kuala Lumpur in November to discuss challenges and opportunities in the fight against lung disease.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB is calling for written evidence to inform a report on drug-resistant TB.
Vijana Amani Pamoja continued its Kick N Test TB screening campaign with a fourth annual soccer tournament in Jericho township.
Aeras and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) have started the first clinical trial of IDRI’s TB vaccine candidate ID93 + GLA-SE.
The United States Agency for International Development has delivered four Xpert MTB/RIF diagnostic machines to the Government of Kazakhstan.
UK charity Target TB has launched a three-year strategy with plans to expand its work in Africa and Asia and raise the profile of TB as a global emergency.
Vietnam’s National TB Programme, in collaboration with PATH and the Central Council of Vietnam’s Young Pioneers, has launched a national painting contest.
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and Sanofi have agreed to collaborate on research to accelerate the development of new TB drugs.
The WHO Kenya Office, in collaboration with the Kenya Medical Research Institute has launched a new course on the management of TB.
PUBLICATIONS
The authors of a PLOS Medicine article cover the systematic reviews that contributed to the development of the International Roadmap for TB Research.
New England Journal of Medicine article examines the recent history of TB policy with a view to explaining the current response to drug-resistant TB.
A book designed to help people undergoing TB treatment understand the nature of the illness and cope well with it has been translated into Russian.
PLOS Medicine article covers the opportunities and barriers to using point-of-care diagnostics in tackling diseases of global health importance.
The World Medical Association, a partner of the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, has made a MDR-TB training course available on line in Chinese.
TB CARE I has published guidelines on how to measure the prevalence of active TB disease among health care workers in order to prevent the transmission of TB.
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