Stop TB Partnership - Retooling Task Force

"We the people who bear the burden of TB disease, as members of civil society can play an important role in pushing for greater political will by creating a bottom up demand for TB new tools and partnering with our National TB Programs, the Stop TB Partnership, and the product developers to reduce barriers to the uptake of new tools."

Community/Patient representative and Community Treatment Activist

Past meetings:

reports and decisions

Retooling Forum, Cape Town, November 2007

Minutes of the meeting - Retooling Forum - Cape Town Flyer

Full Task Force meeting, 7-8 June 2007, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Background information, Logistics

Full Task Force meeting,
July 2006, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Full Task Force meeting,
September 2006, FIND, Geneva, Switzerland

Full Task Force meeting,
October 2006, MSH, arlington, Virginia, USA

Full Task Force meeting,
January 2007, TB Alliance, New-York, USA

Full task force meeting

15-16 January 2008, Geneva, Switzerland

Agenda

Meeting report

Presentations

Definitions for adoption, introduction and implementation.pps

Discussion of the role of business sector in retooling.pps

European Diagnostics Manufacturers Association (EDMA).pps

Vaccine focus discussion of retooling priorities for next 6 months.pps

Drugs focus discussion of retooling priorities for next 6 months.pps

Diagnostic checklist discussion on dissemination.pps

Role of WHO in policy change and retooling - Lesotho case study.pps

FIND Progress and retooling needs as perceived by developers.pps

Diagnostics-related retooling needs as perceived by the countries.pps

MSF Considerations for retooling other diagnostic technologies.pps

Diagnostics-related retooling needs as perceived by DEWG.pps

Summary of diagnostics-related retooling needs as perceived by GLI.pps