NEWS FROM THE STOP TB PARTNERSHIP SECRETARIAT
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STOP TB PARTNERSHIP
- In their official signed communiqué from the Gleneagles summit last week, G8 leaders committed themselves to help meet needs identified by the Stop TB Partnership in the global fight against tuberculosis. For the text of the full communiqué, click here.
- Geneva -- The World Health Assembly endorsed a resolution for TB control at its 58th meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation and support for global TB control signed between the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Stop TB Partnership. For more information click here.
- Report of meeting of the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 3-4 May 2005
ADVOCACY, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION (ACS)
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- ACS Workshop Santa Cruz, Bolivia 31 May - 3 June 2005. Click here to read summary report in English and here to see the agenda.
- ACS Workshop Cairo, Egypt 5-7 April 2005
- ACS EURO Workshop, Moscow. Russian Federation 14-16 March 2005. Read the workshop report here and participants list here.
GLOBAL DRUG FACILITY
- GDF Announces Results of New Tender and Prices for anti-TB drugs
Responding to changes in the TB drug market, especially price increases and bottlenecks in the supply of key active pharmaceutical ingredients for first-line TB drugs, the GDF issued a new tender for drug manufacturers in March this year. Click here to read the briefing note on this issue.
- GDF surpasses 4 million treatments in 4 years
Please find The Global TB Drug Facility Achievements Report on the GDF website.
- The 11th meeting of the GDF Technical Review Committee (TRC) took place between 12-14 April 2005. The TRC, a body of international TB and drug management experts responsible for reviewing country applications to the GDF, reviewed applications from 11 countries during its April meeting. Of the 11 applications reviewed, 7 were approved for new or continued support. To date, the TRC has approved more than 75 applications to the GDF.
- GDF Annual Newsletter, Issue No.3 - May 2005 A focus on Kosovo.
NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
- Fact sheets on countries that have developed and initiated the process to establish National Partnerships to Stop TB are now available on the national partnerships web page.
TB AND POVERTY
SECOND GLOBAL PLAN TO STOP TB (2006-2015)
FINANCE & RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
- GFATM TB update
Following the Round 5 proposal deadline (June 10th) The Global Fund to fight Aids, TB, and Malaria (GFATM) recently published details of the number, category, and size of proposals it had received. Further information on the proposals received by the GFATM for Round 5 can be found here.
- Fidelis grant programme for innovative TB control activities has launched its Round V. Details here.
NEWS FROM THE PATIENT COMMUNITY
- Lucy Chesire elected to be the representative on the Coordinating Board of the Stop TB Partnership on 4 May 2005. Read more here.
WORKING GROUPS
Stop TB Working Group on TB Drug Development
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development, a member of the Working Group on TB Drug Development
- The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development and GlaxoSmithKline launched a broad discovery portfolio to develop new TB therapies. The program commits to affordable pricing of any resulting medicines Click here for more.
- 5 July 2005. TB Alliance Appoints Nina Schwalbe as Director of Policy Click here for more.
DOTS Expansion Working Group
Comprehensive International Review of the National TB Programme (NTP) in Romania - 4-15 April 2005. Click here for more.
RECENT MEETINGS
- WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group meeting on Tuberculosis (STAG-TB), 20-22 June, WHO/HQ, Geneva Switzerland.
- Regional WHO TB Advisers meeting 22-24 June 2005, Divonne, France, and Geneva, Switzerland. Main meeting objectives were to discuss the Second Global Plan to Stop TB and strategies towards reaching the MDGs, obtain regional input on practical implementation of the Global Strategy to Stop TB and International Standard of Care, and to identify opportunities for improved collaboration with HQ Units and teams and discuss the 2006-2007 biennium work plan and joint activities.
- EMRO NTP Manager's meeting 12-14 June 2005. The 10th National TB Programme Manager's meeting of the Eastern Mediterranean Region took place in Muscat, Oman from 12-14 June 2005.
- WPRO NTP Manager's meeting 14-17 June 2005. The meeting of the National TB Programme and Laboratory managers from seven high-burden countries of the Western Pacific Region (WPR) was held on 14-17 June 2005 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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36th IUATLD World conference
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Stop TB Partnership Secretariat staff update
Robert Matiru was officially designated the Operations Manager for the Global Drug Facility.
We are pleased to welcome new staff members:
Adam Thomas, GDF Technical Officer who is coordinating activities with the application review and monitoring sub-team.
Hélène Castel, GDF Technical officer who is coordinating all country visit and monitoring missions.
Désirée Kogevinas, Technical officer who will be coordinating GDF monitoring and evaluation activities.
Maureen Forrestel, an intern with the GDF this summer is working on a questionnaire on the newly developed Stop TB patient kits - outcomes to be presented at the IUATLD Congress.
Lucy Moore has gone back to her home country of Australia. We wish her all the best in her new endeavors and thank her for her valuable contribution to the work of the GDF during her years in Geneva.
New Publications
For a list of most recent WHO publications click here.
Public-Private Mix for DOTS: Towards scaling up Report of the Third Meeting of the PPM Subgroup for DOTS Expansion WHO/HTM/TB/2005.356
PAL: A primary health care strategy for the integrated management of respiratory conditions in people of five years of age and over WHO/HTM/TB/2005.351
Evolution of tuberculosis control and prospects for reducing tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and deaths globally Dye C, Watt CJ, Bleed DM, Hosseini SM, Raviglione MC., Stop TB Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. JAMA. 2005 JUN 8;293(22):2767-75 Abstract and annexes
Addressing Poverty in TB Control. Options for National TB Control Programmes WHO/HTM/TB/2005.352
Anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the world, report no.3 WHO/HTM/TB/2004.343
Second Stop TB Partners' Forum Report, New Delhi, March 2004
Keeping the Pledge to Stop TB, March 2004
Upcoming Events
Joint meeting of the DOTS expansion, TB/HIV and DOTS-PLUS for MDR-TB working groups:
15-17 October, Palais des Congrès, Versailles, France
18 October, Palais des Congrès, Paris, France
Meeting of the subgroup on childhood TB: Monday afternoon, 17 October 2005, Palais des Congrès, Versailles, France.
New Partners
The following is a list of new Partners who have joined the Stop TB Partnership since the last Communiqué. To view the list click here.
To apply to become a partner visit: click here
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