Tuberculose (TB)
"Too many people are dying needlessly as a result of TB, which is still a leading cause of death among people living with HIV. Every day that goes by without action adds to the unacceptable death toll in people and communities affected by TB and HIV." -- Dr Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership
12% des décès dus à la tuberculose dans le monde concernent des personnes vivant avec le virus VIH. Dans certaines régions, la TB tue jusqu'à la moitié des patients atteints du SIDA. Cependant, la TB est une maladie curable et évitable.
Pour plus d'informations à ce sujet, veuillez visiter le site http://www.stoptb.org/
Stop-TB eCorrespondent
Stop-TB eCorrespondent, provides a weekly snapshot of five major news on TB control from around the world, TB/HIV news highlights from TB high-burden countries in the past week and links to major happenings on TB/HIV in the near future.
TPAA/GBC Statement on World TB Day
Below you will read a statement written by Avet Khachatrian, Vice President & Director of TPAA/GBC Russia & Ukraine for World TB Day in March 2008.
WHO annual TB report finds progress in diagnosis slowing
The Global tuberculosis control 2008, released today by WHO, finds that the pace of the progress to control the tuberculosis (TB) epidemic slowed slightly in 2006, the most recent year for which data were available. The new information documents a slowdown in progress on diagnosing people with TB. Between 2001 to 2005, the average rate at which new TB cases were detected was increasing by 6% per year; but between 2005 and 2006 that rate of increase was cut in half, to 3%.
Global Call to Action for Union World Conference on Lung Health
SAVE LIVES: Transform TB prevention, Diagnostics and Treatment
The 38th Annual Union World Conference on Lung Health is being held in Cape Town on the 8th-12th of November 2007; it is the first time in its 140-year history that the conference will be held outside of Paris. This is important as Southern Africa is experiencing an extremely large and deadly TB epidemic, fuelled by an HIV hyper-endemic. The response has been inadequate, new infections and needless deaths continue unabated. To sign on to the call to delegates to adopt a Global Call for Action and Declaration on TB
please see below.
World TB Day
24 March is World TB Day. This year's theme is I AM STOPPING TB. To read more about what you can do to participate in World TB Day, please see below.
What the papers aren't saying--how can we enhance media coverage of TB?'
This paper is a briefing for health practitioners, TB programmers,policymakers, media professionals and people affected by TB. Based on an analysis of media coverage of TB, it argues that health professionals and TB specialists should be supported to engage more effectively with the media so that the media can, in turn, play a more critical role in national and international responses to public health concerns.
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Soros Joins Health Groups to Battle Drug-Resistant TB, HIV Explosion
New York, March 14, 2007 – George Soros and leading health organizations today announced funding to develop a groundbreaking treatment program for people with drug-resistant tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in poor countries. This combination of diseases is usually lethal.
Final Letter Sent to Global Fund Executive Director Candidates
Thank you to those of you who signed on to the letter to the final candidates for Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. In total, we received 117 signatures from around the world!
With all of your support, this letter will help reinforce key issues around TB and broader issues to the Executive Director candidates and the Global Fund itself.
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis on the Rise
New Reports Say Public Involvement is Critical in Fight
~ George Soros, UN Special Envoy, health activists call for action to halt spread of TB epidemic ~
