Global Archives – Page 23 of 26 – Treatment Action Group

Activists: Call On Your Countries To Use BDQ-Based Regimens to Treat TB

September 27, 2018
Chad Cipiti

GCTA, TAG, and DR-TB STAT developed this letter template to help activists to call for bedaquiline-based, injectable-free regimens in their countries. Please download this template letter here and use it in your country to advocate for the best care possible for people with drug-resistant TB.

Research Priorities for Pediatric Tuberculosis

September 19, 2018
Chad Cipiti

This document (not a TAG publication) presents an overview of paediatric TB research efforts already underway and their limitations; and highlights priorities for future research initiatives in epidemiology, basic science, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and operational research.

World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

February 1, 2018
Dorrit Walsh

Letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, and Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, Global TB Program Director.

Story: Cancer Drug Leads to ‘Drastic Decrease’ in HIV Infection in Lung Cancer Patient

December 10, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

November – December 2017 Examples of media coverage: Lung cancer drug may be early clue in hunt for HIV cure – The Independent, November 30, 2017 Cancer drug offers tantalising hope for HIV cure – The Guardian, November 30, 2017…

Higher Funding for TB Research Signals Hope, but Governments Must Dramatically Increase Spending to End TB

November 8, 2017
Chad Cipiti

Global funding for tuberculosis (TB) research reached a previously unreported high of $726 million in 2016, according to a report released today by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the United Nations–hosted Stop TB Partnership.

Tools to Help Support Activists in Engaging National Policy Makers on TB

October 14, 2017
Chad Cipiti

The United Nations High Level Meeting (HLM) on TB is rapidly approaching. The U.N. HLM on TB will take place on September 26, 2018 during the second day of general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session…

Expanding the Use of the TB LAM Test for People with HIV

October 3, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

TAG and partners hosted this webinar on October 3, 2017. Speakers included Lynette Mabote, AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa; Lindiwe Mvusi, Department of Health, Republic of South Africa; Stephen Wanjala, MSF; and Wayne van Gemert, Global Drug Facility.…

No Time to Lose: G20 Leaders Must Fund R&D to End TB

March 23, 2017
Chad Cipiti

In advance of World TB Day, Treatment Action Group (TAG), Health GAP, AIDS-Free World and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) urge G20 member states to commit by the July 7, 2017 G20 summit to increase annual funding contributions to USD $1.17 billion for research and development (R&D) to set us on the path to end tuberculosis (TB).

Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2017

February 12, 2017
Chad Cipiti

On Sunday February 12, 2017 in Seattle, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, the DARE Community Advisory Board, the defeatHIV Community Advisory Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research.

Story: Nigerian Scientists Claim to Have Discovered Complete Cure for HIV/AIDS

February 10, 2017
Dorrit Walsh

December 2016 – February 2017, Updated May 2017 Examples of media coverage: Nigerian Scientists Claim To Have Discovered Complete Cure For HIV/AIDS – Nigerian Bulletin, December 13, 2016 Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure of HIV/AIDS – Daily Trust, February…