Civil society statement delivered at the WHO Director-General’s TB Vaccine Accelerator Council

Mike Frick, TAG TB Project Co-Director, delivered comments as a civil society representative at the WHO Director-General’s TB Vaccine Accelerator Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Mike Frick, TB Project Co-Director at Treatment Action Group (TAG), delivered comments as a civil society representative at the 2nd high-level meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General's TB Vaccine Accelerator Council on 28 May 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

"Funding for TB vaccine research must avoid past mistakes made with other diseases: it must be deployed under the right conditions to ensure that research is accelerated in tandem with - and not at the expense of - equitable access, and also align with other important goals such as the move to regional, diversified manufacturing."

Access the statement here.

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By Mike Frick

Published: June 3, 2024, 11:12 p.m.

Last updated: June 12, 2024, 12:25 a.m.

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