Stop TB Partnership
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: March 9, 2015, 8:58 p.m.·
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Access
06 March 2015 - Bangkok - National TB Program managers from different countries, procurement and supply chain management specialists, and data managers, came together in Bangkok for a week-long conference to exchange experiences on ways to increase access to pharmaceutical services including medicines and diagnostics.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: March 4, 2015, 11:15 p.m.·
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Global TB response,
Advocacy
The past decade has shown what is possible when we work together. We want to make this year a memorable one for TB and we want patients and communities to speak up and be at the core of our efforts this year.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: March 1, 2015, 10:32 p.m.·
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TB programs
26 February 2015 - Romania - The Romanian government this week approved the National Strategy for TB Control for the period 2015-2020. The Strategy aims to reduce TB incidence and mortality by providing prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and an increased adherence to treatment as recommended by WHO. Despite progress in the last 12 years, Romania still has one of the highest rates of TB in the European Union. It is four times above the EU average, and it has one of the lowest rates of treatment success with rising rates of TB infection.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 25, 2015, 10:40 p.m.·
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Access,
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment
This price reduction is expected to save up to USD 22 million annually, enabling treatment for more people living with MDR-TB.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 23, 2015, 8:22 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response,
Advocacy
Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) are country-level multi-stakeholder partnerships, responsible for coordination and collaboration on Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) related processes in country. Therefore CCMs are important for national ownership and participatory decision-making.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 14, 2015, 8:56 p.m.·
Tags:
Global TB response,
Advocacy
Geneva, Switzerland - The Stop TB Partnership is calling on TB affected communities and representatives of vulnerable groups to ensure strong participation and engagement in the Global Fund processes and stands by ready to provide financial support through the Partnership's Technical Cooperation (TC) platform.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 10, 2015, 9:16 p.m.·
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Access
27 January 2015 - The challenges in addressing the implementation of comprehensive HIV, TB and viral hepatitis prevention and treatment activities in the Eastern Ukraine affected by the warfare is complicated and escalating every week. With damaged transport routes between the settlements and a critical humanitarian situation, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine (Alliance-Ukraine) continues to support the operations of HIV prevention projects on behalf of 13 regional NGOs. Alliance-Ukraine also provide lifesaving TB and MDR-TB drugs to support the National TB program.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 7, 2015, 12:24 p.m.·
Tags:
Diagnostics,
TB care
20 January 2015 - Uganda - The introduction and WHO endorsement of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay in 2010 revolutionized TB diagnosis. The assay's improved sensitivity and specificity compared with smear microscopy means it is able to confirm TB disease in smear negative patients. This provides a huge benefit to people living with HIV/AIDS who often test negative by smear microscopy. In addition, the Xpert MTB/RIF test reduces the time needed to diagnose resistance to rifampicin from six weeks to just two hours. In Uganda, the first GeneXpert system was placed in the National Referral Hospital in Mulago in 2011. Since then, the National TB and Leprosy Program (NTLP) has installed 59 systems countrywide.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 7, 2015, 12:17 p.m.·
Tags:
Advocacy
26 January 2015 - Ha Noi, Vietnam - In Vietnam, while key affected populations actively and strongly participate in HIV prevention, community's movement in TB control is rather quiet.
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Stop TB Partnership
Published: Feb. 7, 2015, 12:11 p.m.·
Tags:
Drug-resistant TB,
Treatment
29 January 2015 -- Lima, Peru - Pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) causes the deaths of over 200,000 people globally each year. With an estimated 2,000 cases in 2013, Peru has the highest prevalence of MDR-TB in Latin America and the Caribbean and cases have significantly increased since 2009 . On December 13th 2014, Janssen, the pharmaceutical affiliate of Johnson & Johnson, received approval for SIRTURO® (bedaquiline) from the Peruvian health authorities.
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