OBASANJO, BROWN AND GATES CALL ON WORLD LEADERS TO FUND NEW PLAN TO STOP TUBERCULOSIS
$31 billion funding increase needed to prevent 14 million tuberculosis deaths by 2015
Gates Foundation pledges to triple tuberculosis funding over next decade
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Press release: The Treatment Action Group (TAG)
27 January 2006
TB/HIV Activists Support The Global Plan to Stop TB: 2006-2015
Plan Provides a Framework for Tackling TB/HIV, Developing New Tools to Control TB, and Increasing the Involvement of Affected Communities and People Living with TB
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BBC NEWS: Gates gives $600m more to stop TB
27 January 2006
By Tim Weber
Business editor, BBC News website, in Davos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4653338.stm

BBC NEWS Analysis: 'Marathon' fight against TB
27 January 2006
By David Loyn
BBC Developing World correspondent
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4653906.stm

CNN NEWS: Gates triples TB research funding
27 January 2006
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/27/davos.gates.ap/

REUTERS NEWS: Gates cash kick-starts TB funding drive
27 January 2006
By Ben Hirschler
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-01-27T114820Z_01_L27592454_RTRUKOC_0_US-DAVOS-HEALTH-TB.xml

GUARDIAN NEWS: Gates pledges $900m to fight against TB
28 January 2006
By Larry Elliott in Davos and Sarah Boseley
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1696786,00.html

GUARDIAN NEWS: Gates triples TB pledge to $900m
27 January 2006
By Mark Tran and agencies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1696484,00.html

FORBES NEWS: Microsoft's Gates Triples Funding For TB Eradication
27 January 2006
By Chris Noon
Assistant News Editor at Forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2006/01/27/gates-davos-philanthropy-cx_cn_0127autofacescan01.html

XINHUANET NEWS: Global plan to fight TB launched at Davos
27 January 2006
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/27/content_4109599.htm

CBC NEWS: 'Extraordinary' new plan triples spending to fight TB
27 January 2006
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/01/27/tb-fight060127.html

The Moscow Times: Don't Miss a Chance to Put an End to TB
27 January 2006
By Richard Zaleskis
Zaleskis is the regional adviser for TB control in the WHO regional office for Europe
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2006/01/27/006.html

LIBERATION: Le chiffre 5.000 morts par jour de la tuberculose
27 January 2006
http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=354677

AFP : Health watchdogs launch $56 billion plan to roll back TB
27 January 2006
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/97861.asp

THE TIMES (UK): Brown pledges support to $56bn TB plan
27 January 2006
From Agencies, Davos
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,19149-2012863,00.html

The Hindu: Gates pledges $900 million for TB eradication
28 January 2006
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006012802991400.htm&date=2006/01/28/&prd=th

Business Day South Africa: Gates boosts fight against TB
30 January 2006
By Tamar Kahn, Science and Health Editor
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/national.aspx?ID=BD4A145918

Speech of Dr Marcos Espinal at Davos press conference
"The Global Plan represents Actions for Life - Towards a World Free of TB. This Global Plan sets out clearly the actions needed to achieve the global targets for TB control and at what cost. The actions planned over the next 10 years build on a very solid track record of achievements."
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Speech of Dr Sarah England at Moscow press conference
"This launch of the Global Plan to Stop TB is a call for Actions for Life towards a world free of tuberculosis. Russia is hosting the G8 this year for the first time. The Stop TB Partnership is very pleased that infectious diseases are on the agenda and we congratulate Russia for this initiative. We call for the G8 to endorse this Global Plan to Stop TB, and for all of the more than 400 Stop TB partners to work together to save 14 million lives."
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Speech of Dr Mario Raviglione at Ottawa press conference
"Why a new plan for TB control? Simply, because it is un-acceptable that in 2006, in the era of globalization and communication, 1.7 million men and women, children and elderly, are killed from a disease that can be cured with drugs costing $15, and that 8.8 million people have to suffer yearly from a disease that should have been eliminated years ago."
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Global Plan to Stop TB press conference in Davos, Switzerland
27 January 2006
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BBC World Television
27 January 2006
Interview with Chris Dye, Stop TB, WHO Geneva (Windows Media format)

TV5MONDE LE JOURNAL
27 January 2006
Davos press conference coverage (Streaming video)

TV5MONDE LE JOURNAL AFRIQUE
28 January 2006
Interview with Leopold Blanc, Stop TB, WHO Geneva (Streaming video)

RIA NOVOSTI
27 January 2006
Global Plan to Stop TB press conference in Moscow (Streaming video), Visit their web site.

A video news release and B-roll are available for the press to provide a narrative and visuals for TV news coverage of the Global Plan. For more information, visit HumanWorldAVbank at: http://www.humanworldavbank.net/focus_TB_JAN06.php.

Description: This short film, adapted from The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-1015, dramatizes the opportunity we have before us to halt the spread of tuberculosis by 2015 and eliminate the disease in under 50 years. It outlines key points from the Global Plan document and presents a brief overview of the costs involved.

The film contains three parts:
Part One: The Opportunity
Part Two: The Plan
Part Three: The Cost

Produced by: John-Michael Maas/Darby Communications for The Stop TB Partnership

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Please select the appropriate format for your operating system and allow a couple of second to load. Once you see the flying words, hit the SPACE BAR to play the movie.
PC format, Mac format

NOTE: The film has options for pause/play, volume and chapter controls that are accessible by mousing into the frame.

The Global Plan information pack contextualizes the Global Plan and provides a dynamic and concise summary of the Plan's key messages for all audiences. The pack includes a brochure, several fact sheets and a CDROM containing key materials. The information pack can be found here.

Visit the Events page for contact details for specific Global Plan launch events.