World TB Day 2013 Global Events
4-22 March: They go to die film screenings
UK-wide
They go to die tells the story of TB and mining in Southern Africa through the lives of four former miners.
For details of the UK-wide tour visit http://www.dyingforgold.co.uk
18 March: WHO World TB Day press briefing
Geneva
19 PAHO Commemoration of World Tuberculosis Day 2013
"Stop TB in our lifetime - A shared commitment"/"Terminemos con la tuberculosis durante nuestra generación - Es un compromise de todos".
PAHO, Washington
10am-12:30pm
Livestreaming:
www.paho.org/virtual/healthsurveillance English
www.paho.org/virtual/vigilanciadelasalud Spanish
Instructions for Participants: English Video (6 mins)
http://www.brainshark.com/blackboardinc/vu?pi=zGLzYw5XBz35Sgz0
Contact: Maggie Clay: claymagg@paho.org
20 March: Photo Exhibition: Faces of TB
European Parliament, Brussels
Organized by WHO Europe and the European Parliament Working Group
Under the patronage of Ms Glenis Willmott MEP, member of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-Related Diseases will host a photo exhibition at the European Parliament. Faces of TB will open on 20 March 2013 at 18:30, with keynote speeches and a reception.
Contact: tuberculosis@euro.who.int
20 March: Briefing for Members of Parliament on TB and mining
London
Organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis
For more information please contact http://appg-tb.org.uk/contact-us.html
20-21 March: House and Senate briefings on TB
Washington D.C
House Briefing: 20 March
Senate Briefing: 21 March from 11:00 to 12:30 at the Capitol Visitor Center
21 March: High level panel on building momentum towards ending the TB/HIV co-epidemic in SADC countries
Swaziland
Convened by the Ministries of Health of Swaziland and South Africa and the Stop TB Partnership.
21 March: KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Award Ceremony and Luncheon
12:30 to 14:30
The award ceremony will honour USAID’s leadership in the global fight against tuberculosis
The following speakers will give remarks:
Dr Peter Gondrie, Executive Director, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Dr Ariel Pablos-Mendez, Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID
Dr Sharon Stash, Deputy Director for Global Health at CSIS
23 March: New York City World TB Day March
9:30AM - 1:00PM
Join New York’s first annual walk to inform, educate, and unite the anti-TB community. This event will include:
- An awareness-raising walk
- An educational rally with diverse speakers
- Materials and resources on TB, healthcare access and more
For more information visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/diseases/tb-event.shtml
25-27 March: Third Global Forum on TB Vaccines
Cape Town, South Africa
The forum will convene several hundred scientists, politicians, policy makers, advocates and others, with a special interest in the development of new TB vaccines for the future.
For more information visit: http://www.tbvaccines2013.org/
25 March: University College London World TB Day event
Royal Free Hospital, London
UCL marks this year’s World TB Day with an event run in conjunction with The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Speakers will present their articles from the Lancet Infectious Diseases Special volume on TB edited by Dr Marco Schito (of NIH and the Henry Jackson Foundation) and Professor Ali Zumla, (of UCL Centre for Clinical Microbiology).
For more information, visit http://uclworldtbday.eventbrite.com