Items tagged with Global TB response
September 2014 issue of the IJTLD now free access (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).
Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) Snapshot: A dire need to increase TB expertise in CCMs (post)
Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) are country-level multi-stakeholder partnerships, responsible for coordination and collaboration on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) related processes in country. Therefore CCMs are important for national ownership and participatory decision-making.
On International Women's Day, The Union calls for urgent attention to TB as a women's health issue (post)
Paula I Fujiwara MD, MPH, Scientific Director, and Riitta Dlodlo, MD, DMCH, MPH, Director, Department of Tuberculosis and HIV, of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, issued the following joint statement in commemoration of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015.
April 2015 issue of the IJTLD 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).
Political action is needed to stop tuberculosis (post)
Greater political commitment to fight tuberculosis is urgently needed, as Eastern Europe is struggling with some of the highest rates of drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide, writes Evan Lee.
UNAIDS calls for integration of services to end the dual epidemics of tuberculosis and HIV (post)
GENEVA, 24 March 2015—On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, UNAIDS is calling for the scale-up of integrated HIV and TB services, particularly in the countries and regions most affected by the dual epidemics. Worldwide, 9 million people developed TB in 2013 and 1.5 million people still die of the disease every year. TB entrenches poverty in many countries, with annual income falling by an average of around 50% among affected families.
UN chief urges governments intensify efforts to end tuberculosis by 2035 (post)
24 March 2015 – With some 37 million lives saved between 2000 and 2013 through the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, it is possible to end the epidemic by 2035, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on World Tuberculosis Day, urging leaders to recommit to ending one of humanity's top killers.
European Commission: World Tuberculosis Day 2015: Together we must address the social inequalities that allow tuberculosis to spread (post)
In the European Union, over 60 000 people a year contract a communicable disease that could not be a more stark reminder of the health inequalities that persist between different social groups. This disease is tuberculosis (TB). It is an airborne infection of the lungs, although extra-pulmonary TB also exists, and its symptoms include chest pain and a wracking cough.
The U.S. government and global tuberculosis (post)
The Kaiser Family Foundation released an updated factsheet outlining the global TB burden and the U.S. government response to the global TB epidemic, which includes an analysis on U.S. government funding for bilateral TB programs. The fiscal year 2016 request for the USAID TB program includes a 19 percent cut over the fiscal year 2015 level. If approved by Congress, it is will be the lowest level of funding since 2009.
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