This is a joint statement from TAG and Health GAP October 16, 2019 – Although Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill to increase affordable access to medicines in the U.S., H.R. 3, offers halting, partial steps to reduce drug prices for some…
July 2012 By Colleen Daniels and Coco Jervis Introduction Accurate tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis has the potential to be the cornerstone of all global TB control efforts. However, the poor accuracy of the most commonly used test, sputum smear microscopy, and…
Access to quality diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for tuberculosis (TB) is a human right. Are the necessary tests, treatments, vaccines, services and policies available where you live or work? This new checklist from Treatment Action Group (TAG) lays out simply…
TAG's annual Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding Trends tracks how much public, private, philanthropic, and multilateral institutions spend on TB research and development (R&D) across six areas of research: basic science, diagnostics, drugs vaccines, operational research, and infrastructure/unspecified projects. The…
August 27, 2019 – This policy brief was developed by TAG and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), and it details how children with TB are affected by the pediatric research exemption for orphan drugs. The brief also proposes…