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Partners' activities and newsA listing of activities and announcements from our partners.
On-line campaign on drug resistant TB
Health & Development Networks 2 March 2007 
According to latest estimates, 10% of all new TB infections are resistant to at least one anti-TB drug. Multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are currently in the news following recent reports indicating rates of drug resistance may be far higher than previously thought.Drug-resistant TB poses a grave global public health threat, especially in populations with high rates of HIV, and requires an immediate and urgent global response. In the 50 days leading up to World TB Day (Saturday 24th March, 2007), Health and Development Networks and the AIDSCareWatch Campaign are organizing the One-in-Ten Campaign focusing on drug resistant TB. The campaign aims to increase awareness, bring front-line perspectives to current MDR- and XDR-TB discussions, and advocate for TB patients to receive the best possible care.
New Diagnostics Help Fight Tuberculosis
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) 19 January 2007 Geneva, Switzerland / Nehren, Germany, January 11th, 2007 - The Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and Hain Lifescience (Hain) announced today that the Hain "GenoTypeŽ MTBDR plus" test, a new improved molecular test for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), has been approved in Europe and that they have signed an agreement to begin large-scale demonstration projects of the test in high burden countries. Read more...
RESULTS Japan and Japan Anti-TB Association meet with Japanese government calling for increased support for TB control
RESULTS Japan 21 July 2006 Results Japan and the Japan Anti-TB Association submitted 54 petition signatures to members of the Japanese government calling for the increase of commitment to US$300 million in 2007 for global TB control to fulfill Japan's share of the Global Plan to Stop TB. In an exclusive meeting, copies of the TB petition were handed over to the Minister of Finance Tanigaki, the Vice Minister of Finance Akaba, Vice Minister of Health Akamatsu, and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Yamanaka directly. RESULTS Japan will continue communications with the government through August-end when the budget for fiscal year 2007 is to be finalized. For more information, contact: Rina Kunisawa Project Coordinator, Global TB Campaign RESULTS Japan results.japan@gmail.com Tel: 81 3 6439 1864 Fax: 81 3 6439 1701 
Ghana Stamp Seal Competition for TB/HIV Health Promotion
Ghana Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 19 June 2006 A joint sensitization drive among the youth in Junior, Secondary and Tertiary institutions on TB and HIV/AIDS for a nationwide Stamp Exhibition. It was organized in 2005 by a coalition comprising the Ghana Post Service; the Ghana AIDS Commission; the Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service; the Ministry of Education and Sports/Ghana Education Service and the Ghana Society for the Prevention of TB and Lung Disease. The programme is an initiative to step up the national campaign against HIV/AIDS and STI's and TB among the Youth who are considered the most vulnerable in Society. The three winning stamps are these: 
Publications: New publications on stigma and HIV/AIDS
Health and Development Networks (HDN) 14 June 2006 We are very pleased to announce three new publications on stigma and HIV/AIDS available online and/or in print. These publications were developed as part of a four-year project on HIV/AIDS-related stigma - see below for details of this project. 1. Living on the Outside - Key Findings and Recommendations on the Nature and Impact of HIV/AIDS-related Stigma - Speak Your World Primer (In print and online) 2. Stigma, HIV/AIDS and Disclosure - The Correspondent Dialogues 12 (Vol. III) (Available online) 3. HIV-related Stigma and Discrimination in the Workplace and Institutions - The Correspondent Dialogues 12 (Vol. IV) (Available online) Available at: http://www.healthdev.org/eforums/stigma-AIDS or by email: publications@hdnet.org
Voices from CARE Canada in India: How to break the cycle of TB transmission through developing sustainable systems for strengthening community participation in TB control efforts?
CARE CANADA 7 June 2006 CARE Canada implements a focused TB project with CIDA support in India as well as utilizing complementary support for TB projects in Indonesia and Zambia. In addition our home based care HIV programmes in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Kenya all include supporting the chronically ill to suspect TB and adhere to TB treatment. HIV prevention programmes in many more countries include TB in HIV messaging. For more information, please contact MichelleM@care.ca
Ministerial Forum on Tuberculosis
Hosted by the WHO Regional Office for Europe 16 - 17 October 2006 - Copenhagen, Denmark The aims of the forum are to: advocate for increasing the awareness of European donor countries and the European Union of the TB emergency in eastern Europe; commit for concrete political and financial engagement to increase TB control in priority countries of eastern Europe in line with the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006 - 2015; achieve increased funding from donor countries and from the European Union; collaborate for establishing a Regional Stop TB Partnership, aimed at catalyzing political, financial and technical support to fight TB in the Region. The forum will be organized in close collaboration with the Finnish Presidency to the European Union, Stop TB Partnership, KNCV, IFRC, FILHA, ECDC, USAID and other partners For more information, please contact vca@euro.who.int
NGO TB Case Studies
CORE Group 10 May 2006 The CORE Group, a coalition of 44 international NGOs working to improve the health of women and children in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning, has produced four NGO case studies on TB control programs in Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe. To access these documents, please visit the links below: Integrating TB and HIV Care in Mozambique: Lessons From an HIV Clinic in Beira http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/HAI_Mozambique_TB-HIV_case_study.pdf Implementation of a National TB Control Program in Minority Communities: Accomplishments and Challenges from Kosovo http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/DOW_Kosovo_TB_study.pdf Tuberculosis Control in Karaganda Prison Through DOTS: Lessons From Kazakhstan http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/Proj_Hope_Kazakstan_TB_case_study.pdf Using Incentives To Improve TB Treatment Results: Lessons From Tajikistan http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/Proj_Hope_Tajikistan_TB_case_study.pdf For information about CORE's TB Working Group, e-mail: contact@coregroup.org
Ask the Experts: Tuberculosis
Panelists from USAID, RESULTS, and CREATE 16 February 2006 A panel of experts on Feb. 16 answered questions about the global fight against tuberculosis during a live webcast of "Ask the Experts," a kaisernetwork.org program. Moderator: Jill Braden Balderas, managing editor, kaisernetwork.org Panelists: Irene Koek, division chief, Infectious Diseases, Bureau for Global Health, USAID and chair, Coordinating Board, Stop TB Partnership Joanne Carter, legislative director, RESULTS; chair, Stop TB Partnership's Advocacy, Communications and Social Mobilization Working Group Richard Chaisson, M.D., director, Johns Hopkins Medicine Center for Tuberculosis Research and principal investigator, Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic (CREATE)
Advertisement for The Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria
The Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria 2 February 2006 The Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria is recruiting new members for its Technical Review Panel which plays a key role in reviewing proposals submitted and ensuring that those accepted are of high quality.
Invitation for Civil Society Nominations to attend UNGASS review
UNAIDS January 2006 UNAIDS is inviting nominations for civil society organizations wishing to take part in a formal review of progress towards targets agreed by United Nations member states five years ago to tackle HIV and AIDS. At the end of 2005 the United Nations General Assembly agreed to convene a High-Level Meeting and undertake a Comprehensive Review of the progress achieved in realizing the targets set out in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. The Review will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York from 31 May to 2 June 2006. Informal interactive civil society hearings will be held on the morning of 31 May.
Launch of Health Systems Action Network
USAID is a sponsor of the Health Systems Action Network consultation process 8 November 2005 What must be done to strengthen health systems in order to improve health outcomes? There is currently discussion about developing a Health Systems Action Network (HSAN) as a means to: i) Create momentum to enhance the global focus on the importance of health systems to achieve health outcomes ii) Improve communication and the flow of credible information about health systems strengthening interventions that work and iii) Promote greater coordination and collaboration. We are now seeking input about what the most pressing health system challenges are, and how we can be better organized to address them. Please visit the HSAN website www.hsanet.org/speakout.html to read the views of prominent thinkers on this topic, and to contribute your opinions via a web-based survey. Please note that the survey is also available on the website in Spanish and French. The links to the surveys are below. English, Spanish, French
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU URGES TB/HIV WORKERS TO CONTINUE TO RELIEVE SUFFERING FROM DUAL SCOURGES
Press release: Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS-TB Epidemic (CREATE) 28 September 2005 Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa last night spoke to researchers and clinicians combating AIDS and tuberculosis and urged them to continue their challenging efforts to treat and prevent the "dual scourges". 
Fighting TB on the front lines
Health and Development Networks and the AIDS-Care-Watch Campaign October 2005 Key findings and recommendations on the crucial role played by front-line health workers in TB control. A joint publication of Health and Development Networks and the AIDS-Care-Watch Campaign with support from the Stop TB Partnership and the Development Cooperation Ireland
Asthma Drug Facility Launched
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) 1 September 2005 The Union is working with WHO and other partners to create a new drug supply mechanism – the Asthma Drug Facility (ADF) – that will allow clients to buy affordable good quality essential asthma drugs. The ADF is following the same basic principles that guided the establishment of the Stop TB Partnership’s successful Global TB Drug Facility (GDF). The ADF will supply asthma drugs crucial for implementation of the Practical Approach to Lung health (PAL). Improving the health services response to respiratory illness and the affordability of drugs will mean better care for patients. With improved credibility of health services, more patients will consult, and detection rates should rise for diseases such as TB, other lung diseases, and HIV. For the latest information about the ADF launch, please visit www.GlobalADF.org or email ADF@iuatld.org.
International Course on Budgeting and Finance for TB Control
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) 21 July 2005 A 13-day intensive programme on budgeting and finance for TB control will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on the 5-17 of September 2005. The official language is English and the deadline for application is 5 August 2005.  Application form
10th Annual Meeting
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease -- North American Region International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) Chicago, IL, USA 2-4 March 2006 Invitation For Submission of AbstractsSubmission of papers on all aspects of Tuberculosis control and prevention (including basic and clinical science, epidemiology, social, bio-behavioral, psychosocial and educational aspects) are welcome for presentation at the meeting. Click here for the meeting application form.Click here for the travel grant application.For more information please contact: Beverlyn Weaver American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago 1440 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, IL 60607 312-243-2000 x216 Fax: 312-243-3954 bweaver@alamc.org ctsna@alamc.org tb@alamc.org |
