March 2012 – When it comes to drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), the global community is failing to “get it right.” Millions of people around the world suffer from this dangerous, yet treatable, infectious disease. Yet, in over a decade, less than…
On January 5, 2012, TAG held a Childhood TB Federal Advocacy Meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting was cosponsored by STOP TB, RESULTS/ACTION, the Center for Global Health Policy, and the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Some of the highlights of the…
By Richard Jefferys, with the assistance of Claire Wingfield, Eleonora Jimenez and Javid Syed. 7/1/2011 - The relatively small community of researchers, policymakers and advocates involved in the search for an effective TB vaccine met in Tallinn, Estonia in September,…
TAG’s annual review of progress we’ve made on the the fight to end HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and Tuberculosis.
TB Alliance's REMox TB program leverages ACTG sites to advance testing of improved TB treatments November 15, 2011, Durban, South Africa— The TB Alliance announces the launch of a collaboration with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID)…
New data released by the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership finds that in 2010 the world spent just $617 million in tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D), or 0.3% less than 2009 funding levels—the first time TAG documents no growth since it began tracking TB research investments in 2005.
Tuberculosis Research and Development: 2010 Report on Tuberculosis Research Funding trends, 2005-2009: 2nd Edition By Eleonora Jimenez March 2011 - This is the 2nd Edition of the Stop TB Partnership and Treatment Action Group’s 2010 report on funding trends for…
A follow up to the letter of May 3, 2011, regarding the steps being taken by the Coordinating Board to reduce the conflict of interest in the Stop TB Partnership’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), improve transparency and accountability in the operations and activities of the Partnership, and strengthen the Partnership’s ability to fulfill its mandate.
By Claire Wingfield It is estimated that of the nine million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) each year, one million occur among children under the age of 15. Yet advocacy for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of TB in children has…