World TB Day - 24 March 2001
Briefing on STOP TB Global Events
[Note: All events are
under preperation, therefore please inform us if we are missing some information,
as well as new information on any other events taking place around the world]
The theme of World TB Day 2001 (DOTS: TB Cure for All) emphasises the need to increase access to effective treatment for people with TB. The number of people with TB increased 6% between 1997 and 1999, yet less than 1 in 4 people with TB is treated with DOTS, and DOTS expansion is much slower than that required to reach the global targets by the year 2005.
This year sees a departure from the usual format for World TB day events. To draw attention to the global nature of the epidemic, and to highlight the importance of the Stop TB partnership in addressing the epidemic, World TB Day will be commemorated by a series of coordinated and complementary events in both high burden and low prevalence countries, organised by different Stop TB partners. Each event will emphasise a specific feature of the World TB theme, with the overall aim of promoting awareness, and increasing access to care.
Events that succeed in gaining the attention of the global media clearly have a significant part to play in the World TB Day campaign. The Stop TB Initiative will monitor press coverage, and compile press clippings for ‘TB Times’, to be published immediately after World TB Day.
However, the ‘backbone’ of the campaign is, as usual, the myriad of events taking place at national and local levels. As in previous years, Stop TB has asked those organising World TB Day events to report on their activities, for publication in ‘World TB Day Highlights’. For the first time, this publication will not only highlight events, but will focus on tangible achievements in increasing DOTS coverage that directly resulted from World TB Day activities.
High quality advocacy materials have been a regular feature of World TB Day over the last few years. For the first time, these materials have been commissioned from a Stop TB partner, the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease, with partners sharing responsibility for distribution. Materials have been distributed well in advance of World TB day, to enable countries to translate and adapt materials for their own use.
STOP TB Global Events
South Africa: Friday 16th March
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will launch World TB day with a press conference in Uitsig,
South Africa, and announce the publication of the Stop TB report on A Human Rights
Approach to Tuberculosis. The event is organised by IUATLD and the University of
Stellenbosch. The AFRO Regional Director has been invited to attend.
- Media Alert: media_alert.htm
- Programme now available at: SouthAfricaprogramme.htm
- Audio
message (cda 1.6kb) given by His
Grace the Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the Global Launch of World TB Day 2001 DOTS, TB Cure
for All Access to TB cure is a basic Human Right, Uitsig, Cape Town, South Africa on
16 March 2001
- More information: http://www.iuatld.org/html/events.htm
Contact person:
Patrick Bertrand, IUATLD Paris - Tel. +33 1 44
32 04 42
Nulda Beyers, South Africa - Tel. +27-(0)21 938
9114
Moderator: Laurie Garrett, Medical and Science reporter, Newsday and author of
"The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust"
Speakers: Lee Reichman, M.D., Director, New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis
Center
James Orbinski, M.D., former International President, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors
Without Borders (MSF)
Over one third of the world's population is infected with TB. An estimated 35 million people will die from TB in the next twenty years.* New multi-drug resistant strains of TB have begun to emerge around the globe.
Are current methods working? Is there common ground between the researchers, pharmaceutical companies, medical practitioners and public health experts?
An online chat on Fighting Infectious Diseases featuring Doctors Without
Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field workers will take place on March 21 at 1 pm
ET.
For details on this event, please visit our website at
To RSVP call 212-679-6800 Or e-mail: access-nyc@newyork.msf.org
*World Health Organization estimates
Washington: Wednesday 21st March
The American Lung Association, the American Thoracic Society, Results International, and the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat is organising a joint event to launch the ‘Omnibus Tuberculosis Control Act of 2001’ and the Global TB Drug Facility. Speakers include Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland (on video), and Dr JW Lee. The Omnibus Tuberculosis Control Act of 2001 developed by the NCET calls for a massive increase in US funding for domestic and international TB control activities. The GDF complements this call, by demonstrating the need for rapid DOTS expansion, and providing a mechanism to increase access to high quality TB drugs. Documents to be launched at this event include the GDF prospectus, and the Global Report on TB Control 2001.
Click here for Venue & Agenda
More information: http://www.lungusa.org/
Contact person: Fran DuMelle, American Lung Association
The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (GATB) will use this opportunity to launch the ‘Pharmaco-economics report’ a document of profound significance for research into new TB drugs.
For more information: http://www.tballiance.org/ and http://tbt2.rti.org/tbpharmacoec/
Contact person: Giorgio Roscigno, GATB
Other link persons:
In Darmstadt haben wir im letzten Sommer erlebt, dass eine Studentin aus Moskau – statt Lebensbedingungen von Frauen in Ost und West zu untersuchen – unerwartet mit offener Tuberkulose in die Isolierstation der Städtischen Kliniken eingeliefert wurde. Aus den Medien erfahren wir, dass das kein Einzelfall war, sondern dass seit Mitte der 90er Jahre TB wieder auf dem Vormarsch ist. Weltweit erkranken jedes Jahr 8 Millionen Menschen an TB und nur 16 % der Patienten werden therapiert. Armut, Verelendung, Kriege, Migration und der Zusammenbruch öffentlicher Gesundheitssysteme, aber auch der wachsende internationale Reiseverkehr fördern die Ausbreitung des Erregers. In den Entwicklungsländern gefährdet die TB die wirtschaftlich produktivste Altersgruppe: 80% der Kranken sind zwischen 15 und 49 Jahre alt.
Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) rief im Oktober 2000 auf ihrem Gesundheitsforum gegen Armutskrankheiten in Winterthur zur „Massiven Anstrengung" aller auf, weil nur eine unverzügliche Bekämpfung, wie auf dem Gipfel in Okinawa von allen beteiligten Staatschefs verabredet, das schmale Zeitfenster zur Bekämpfung der TB mit preiswerten Medikamenten ermöglicht. Andernfalls besteht die grosse Gefahr, dass sich resistente Tuberkel-Stämme entwickeln, die die Kosten der Behandlung vervielfachen und in armen Ländern undurchführbar machen würden.
Aufgrund der Beiträge von 1999 schätzt die WHO, dass die wichtigen Industrienationen entsprechend ihrer Anteile an der International Developing Agency (IDA) ihre Beiträge wie folgt erhöhen müssten, um die weltweit notwendigen 2 Milliarden US Dollar aufzubringen:
| Land | Beitrag 1999 | Anteil |
| Australien | 2 % | 40 Mio. US $ |
| Kanada | 5 % | 100 Mio. US $ |
| Deutschland | 12 % | 240 Mio. US $ |
| Japan | 23 % | 460 Mio. US $ |
| USA | 25 % | 500 Mio. US $ |
Verantw.i.S.d.P.:Ruth Ruhemann, Darmstadt Weltgesundheit – unsere Gesundheit
Russia Event
23 March, Moscow, Russia, MSF held a "Contagious Concert", in which young musicians perform works by composers who suffered from tuberculosis — including Chopin, Liszt, Shostakovitch, and Stravinsky.As you know, World TB Day is March 24th and is rapidly approaching. On this day in 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced the discovery of the TB bacillus. Observance of this day is intended to raise awareness about the devastating health and economic consequences of TB, its impact on developing countries, and its continued threat to global health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages you to develop specific state or local activities that will raise awareness about TB and take advantage of the press interest that World TB Day will stimulate. CDC's theme for World TB Day this year is "TB Elimination: Now Is the Time."
CDC is also planning a number of activities around World TB Day. A brief summary of these activities follows:
CDC World TB Day Observance. The Division of TB Elimination (DTBE) and the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHSTP) Office of Communications will sponsor an event at the CDC Global Health Odyssey on March 23. The Global Health Odyssey, CDC's museum, is a small exhibit area with an attached theater. An exhibit displaying vintage TB posters from around the world will be featured. This event will also involve guest speakers from 1) DTBE, 2) the NCHSTP Director's Office, 3) the CDC Director's office, 4) the American Lung Association (ALA), 5) the World Health Organization (WHO), and 6) a member of CDC's Advisory Council on TB who will share her story as a person who had TB. For more information on the Global Health Odyssey go to http://www.cdc.gov/global/general.htm.
Internet. CDC will post information regarding World TB Day on the DTBE Web site the week of March 19. DTBE's Web site can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/ There will be general information about World TB Day, as well as links to pdf and html versions of the "Now Is the Time" fact sheet and trends document (from which text and graphics can be used), and two MMWR articles.In addition, the site will feature an interactive map of World TB Day activities around the United States. Last year on World TB Day, a number of U.S. localities were very successful in attracting significant press attention to local as well as national and global TB problems. We still want to hear about this year's events. As soon as your event is planned, please send an e-mail summarizing the event to Mr. John Seggerson at jjs1@cdc.gov. We will post these activities as they come in on the DTBE World TB Day Web site.
DTBE will also link to other World TB Day sites at partner organizations, such as ALA, WHO, the Stop TB initiative, and the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (IUATLD).
World TB Day Internet Spotlight. CDC will feature World TB Day as a "Spotlight" item on its homepage the week of March 24. There will be a link to the DTBE site for further information.
Media Kits for MMWR Articles. There will be two TB-related articles in the March 23 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The related MMWR press releases will be embargoed until Thursday, March 22, at 4:00 PM. The NCHSTP Office of Communications is developing a media strategy and press kit around the MMWR articles. This press kit will be mailed to partners as soon as it is ready.
Accurate TB surveillance is essential in evaluating current TB control efforts, planning new strategies for TB elimination, and assisting policy makers in critical decisions. Provisional surveillance data for 2000 - submitted by the reporting areas to CDC - indicate that a total of 16,372 TB cases were reported from the 50 states and the District of Columbia, a decrease of 7% from 1999 and 39% from 1992, the height of the TB resurgence in the United States. The 2000 case rate of 5.8 per 100,000 population is 45% lower than the rate was in 1992 (10.5). The proportion of TB cases among foreign-born persons increased from 27% in 1992 to 46% in 2000. Once we finalize these data with the various reporting areas, we will provide a summary report in an upcoming issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
We hope the provisional data, as well as the messages and resources enclosed in this packet, help you communicate to local media and organizations with which you work. These vital messages to communicate include both the real possibility of eliminating TB in the United States, and the consequences of not taking decisive action to eliminate this disease.
Sincerely yours,
Kenneth G. Castro, M.D.
Assistant Surgeon General
Director
Division of Tuberculosis Elimination
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Spain Event - More information at: http://www.imsb.bcn.es/uitb/
Objetivos principales:
Dar a conocer los trabajos científicos que se desarrollan en el marco de la UITB. Favorecer la discusión científica.SESSIÓN ESPECIAL DEL DIA MUNDIAL DE LA TUBERCULOSIS "DOTS:TB cure for all" (lema de la OMS 2001)
Lloc / Lugar: Auditori de la Casa del Mar de Barcelona, C/ Albareda 1-13 – Metro Drassanes o Paral.lel de 10 a 14,30 horas.
_____________________________________________
Sessió dia 23 de març / Sesión día 23 de marzo
9:45
Inaguració / Inauguración: Sra. Maria del Mar Marqués. Directora Provincial del
Instituto Social de la Marina. Dr. Joan Guix. Gerente del Institut Municipal de
Salut Pública. Dr. Joan A. Caylà. Servei d’Epidemiologia. Institut Municipal
de la Salut. UITB.
10:00 a 12:00 h. Mesa I – Tratamiento
directamente observado
Moderadors: Josep Lluis Lopez Colomés. Servei de Malalties Infeccioses. Hospital
del Mar. Barcelona.
Josep M Jansà. Servei d’Epidemiologia. Institut Municipal de la Salut. Barcelona.
12:00 a 12:30 h. Café.
12:30 a 14:30 h. Mesa II – Nuevos retos en el control de la TBC
Moderadors: Manuel Corachan.
Secció Medicina Tropical. Hospital Clínic.
Rafael Vidal. Servei de Pneumologia. Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona.
| Es prega confirmar assistència, preferentment per e-mail (e-mail: jcayla@imsb.bcn.es) o a Srtas. Emma o Carme, secretàries del Servei d’Epidemiologia, Tel: 238.45.55. |
ACTIE ZONTA NEDERLAND VOOR TUBERCULOSEBESTRIJDING
Elke minuut sterven er 3 mensen aan de gevolgen van Tuberculose. Tot die dodelijke slachtoffers behoren jaarlijks 900.000 vrouwen, veelal moeders met jonge kinderen. Ieder uur komen er ergens ter wereld 900 tuberculosepatiënten bij. Besmetting met tuberculose ontstaat simpelweg door hoesten, maar hoeft niet in alle gevallen tot ziekte te leiden. Adequate genezingsprogramma’s bieden momenteel toegang aan 1 op de 5 patiënten. De Wereldgezondsheidsorganisatie (WHO) voert campagne om genezing binnen ieders bereik te brengen. Speerpunt is 24 maart, Wereld Tuberculose Dag. Dit jaar met als motto:’GENEZING VOOR IEDEREEN’. Kennis en ervaring om dat doel te bereiken zijn bij de internationale bestrijders voldoende aanwezig. Geld vormt het grootste struikelblok, terwijl genezing van een tuberculosepatiënt gemiddeld slechts ƒ120,-- kost.
De internationale netwerkorganisatie Zonta, vergelijkbaar met organisaties als Rotary en Lyons, plaatste tuberculosebestrijding hoog op de agenda en kreeg daarbij support van minister Els Borst. In Nederland haakte het Zontabestuur hier op in en deed samen met Johan Stekelenburg (voorzitter van het Nederlands Tuberculose Fonds) een oproep aan alle Nederlandse Zontaclubs. Vele daarvan zullen de tuberculosebestrijding de komende maanden onder de aandacht brengen en met ludieke acties geld inzamelen.
-resultaat-
Het afgelopen decennium zijn buiten Nederland meer dan een miljoen tuberculosepatiënten genezen, voor een groot deel met financiering door de 80.000 donateurs van het Nederlands Tuberculose Fonds. Voor de komende jaren is het streven: toegang tot genezingsprogramma’s voor 70% van alle tuberculosepatiënten.
-Nederland-
Iin Nederland worden jaarlijks 1.500 tuberculosepatiënten geregistreerd. Een aantal dat, met gemiddeld 4 per dag, positief afsteekt bij dat van 3 dodelijke slachtoffers per minuut elders in de wereld. Het genezingspercentage is vrijwel 100% en vormt een schril contrast met de situatie in ontwikkelingslanden. Toch blijft ook in ons land voorzichtigheid geboden. Daarom wordt bij elke melding een contactonderzoek gehouden, dat zeer omvangrijk kan zijn. Bijvoorbeeld onder bezoekers van discotheken, voetbalverenigingen of andere drukbezochte gelegen-heden. Om er voor te zorgen dat de ziekte in Nederland beheersbaar blijft zijn dagelijks gespecialiseerde artsen en verpleegkundigen actief. Voor de relatief veilige Nederlandse situatie schuilt de bedreiging in de toename van het aantal gevallen van resistente tuberculose. Dit risico groeit naarmate de bestrijding elders in de wereld minder effectief verloopt. Door de in Nederland aanwezige kennis en ervaring juist daar in te zetten wordt veel onnodig leed voorkomen en waarborgt men indirect de Nederlandse status quo.
-planning-
Zonta Nederland bijt het spits af en ontvangt op 22 maart een Zonta-promotie-Smartcar die enkele maanden door Nederland toert voor het goede doel. Op zaterdag 24 maart, Wereld Tuberculose Dag organiseert Zonta-club Den Haag II een programma waaraan diverse bekende Nederlanders deelnemen, waaronder Johan Stekelenburg.
-informatie-
Voor meer informatie over de activiteiten van Zonta-Nederland in relatie tot de Nederlandse Tuberculosebestrijding kunt u contact opnemen met Carla Guicherit-Samson, 070 4167222.
Ethiopia Event
The TB & Leprosy Control Programme of Ethiopia has the pleasure to inform you that World TB day will be commemorated on Saturday morningwith an attractive Radio and TV covered programme in the Ambassador Theatre in Addis Ababa. The celebration will be preceded by a press conference on Friday afternoon. To stimulate this commemoration the AHRI Institutes organises an "open house" with presentations and discussion on Thursday afternoon. Ten thousand leaflets on TB and the theme of the Day have been printed in Amharic. 5000 TB-T-shirts and paper caps have been produced and will be distributed. Banners are alreay put up in various places in town. The attachments shows a photograph of the organzing teams (jpg 44kb) and the banner (jpg 50kb) at the entrance of the Ministry of Health. The Video tape for the Day has now been received and will be presented to ETV for broadcasting.Dr Berhane Kidane Mariam, Team Leader, TB and Leprosy Control Team, Ministry of Health Ethiopia
World Tb Day will be celebrated with the Eminent Pulmonogist of the region under the Breathe Trust programme for Poor TB Patients of the region:
- Inaugeration at the hand of Mayor
- Member of parliment to preside
- Commissioner of police and other eminent personalities to be present at the occasion
This will be the Biggest Free Diagnostic and Treatment Camp in the region.
Dr Ravindra Sarnaik DM, President
Dear Colleagues,
Please kindly informed the activities of
Indonesian Association of Pulmonologist for World TB day 2001, as follows :
1. Main activities held at Surakarta (central Java) area, i.e. :
- Treating and health education TB patients in health centers
- Medical audit TB cases
- Distributing food for TB patients
- Medical audit for TB cases
- Award for best TB patients who completed treatment
- Award for best TB cadre who supervised TB patients taking their
medicine
- Award for journalist who wrote best article about TB in the year2000
- TB Seminar, which will be held on 24 March 2001, will be officially
opened by Minister of Health
2. Distributing 50 banner throughout the country
3. Distributing 1000 posters throughout the country
4. Scientific discussion on TB at Bandung (West Java), 24 March 2001
5. Health education on TB at Palemvbang hospital (South Sumatera)
6. Publishing TB book at South Kalimantan
7. Distributing National TB manual to all branches of Indonesian Association of
Pulmonologist
8. Distributing Abstract Book of 21st ER IUATLD Conference to all branches of Indonesian
Association of Pulmonologist
9. Distributing DOTS calendar (WHO) to all branches of Indonesian Association of
Pulmonologist
10. Contacting Mass Media for TB day
11. Actively participated in national events of World TB day in Indonesia, which the
Presdent of Indonesian Association of Pulmonologist is also the Organicing Commite
Chairman of 2001 World TB day program in Indonesia , and the activities in Surakarta is
also used ans the main activities of World TB day national level.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Dr Tjandra Yoga Aditama
SpP(C), DTM&H, MHA, DTCE
President,
Indonesia Association of Pulmonologist
Gedung Asma RS Persahabatan
Jl. Persahabatan No. 1 Rawamangun
Jakarta 13230, Indonesia
Panama Event
Actividades por el Día Mundial de la Tuberculosis"TAES: Curación de la Tuberculosis Para Todos"
OBJETIVO GENERALAunar esfuerzos entre el personal de salud, dirigentes políticos, organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales, organizaciones de protección a la salud de la mujer y el niño, los grupos de derechos humanos y grupos que trabajan con las comunidades indígenas y en el control de VIH/SIDA, comunidad y población en general con sólidas alianzas que permitan enfrentar con éxito este nuevo desafío.
ACTIVIDADES PRINCIPALES
Conferencia "Realidades y Reto de la Estrategia TAES en la República de Panamá".
Lugar: Salón Central de David. Región de Chiriquí
Ponentes:
Dra. Cecilia Arango, Coordinadora Programa Nacional de Tuberculosis
Dr. Antonio Marrero, Consultor Internacional Fundación Damián
Lic. Mirna de Santamaría, Jefa Departamento Nacional de Enfermería
WHO Regional Offices Events:
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