By
UN News Centre
Published: July 8, 2015, 9:40 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response,
Global health
Between 2000 and 2013, TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment interventions saved an estimated 37 million lives. The TB mortality rate fell by 45 per cent and the prevalence rate by 41 per cent between 1990 and 2013.
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Medicines Patent Pool
Published: July 6, 2015, 8:35 p.m.·
Tags:
Access,
Hepatitis C
As part of its ongoing consultation processes on the possibility of the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) expanding into other disease areas, the organisation has published independent feasibility studies exploring the case for potential entry into hepatitis C and tuberculosis.
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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Published: July 4, 2015, 5:23 p.m.·
Tags:
Events
Two late-breaker sessions will be held at the 46th World Conference on Lung Health in Cape Town on 2-6 December 2015. Researchers are invited to submit abstracts for these sessions by 31 July 2015, following the guidelines provided.
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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Published: July 4, 2015, 4:56 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy,
Global TB response
The Forum will be held 3-4 September 2015. The call is for nominations from local, regional and international civil society and community organizations and networks from countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The deadline for submissions is 15 July 2015.
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By
Helen S Cox, Jennifer J Furin, Carole D Mitnick, Colleen Daniels, Vivian Cox & Eric Goemaere
Published: July 4, 2015, 1:53 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment,
Access,
TB care
There needs to be a major scale-up of treatment for MDR tuberculosis that matches the scale-ups that have already been achieved in treatments for HIV and drug-susceptible tuberculosis.
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William A. Wells, Mukund Uplekar, Madhukar Pai
Published: June 24, 2015, 10:14 p.m.·
Tags:
TB care
TB is one of the first health arenas in which the issue of private-provider involvement in long-term care is being tackled seriously in low-income countries. The article outlines the current and newer approaches being taken — and the opportunities for more systemic and scalable efforts to engaging private-sector providers in TB control and beyond.
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By
Stop TB Partnership
Published: June 24, 2015, 9:11 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
The participants at the regional consultation in Bangkok discussed the need to evolve and change the way in which we work if we really want to End TB – by introducing new thinking, innovations, approaches and ensuring that all interventions include a patient-centered approach.
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By
Stop TB Partnership
Published: June 24, 2015, 8:52 p.m.·
Tags:
Events
The Stop TB Partnership Secretariat is pleased to extend the closing date of this year's Kochon Prize call for nomination until Friday, 24 July.
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By
Médecins Sans Frontières
Published: June 11, 2015, 11:27 p.m.·
Tags:
Access,
Advocacy
Millions of people in developing countries could be affected if India caves in to pressure.
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By
Stop TB Partnership
Published: June 11, 2015, 10:28 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response
The consultation process is open to everyone to share information, ideas and experiences, and, will run from 10 June to 10 August 2015.
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