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COVID-19 and Impacted Communities: A Media Communications Guide

November 12, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

This easy-to-use guide is designed to provide journalists and communication professionals the tools needed to ensure accurate reporting and curb any related stigma associated with the novel coronavirus SARS-COV-2, also known and reported as COVID-19. We invite you to use this to inform your own writing and to share it with colleagues and cohorts that work in media and communications.

Letter to Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights

November 9, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Our current letter follows an earlier letter dated June 23, 2020 and calls on the Special Rapporteur for cultural rights to explicitly acknowledge the human rights dimensions of science and reaffirm the right of everyone to participate in and enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications in her forthcoming communication with the United Nations General Assembly on COVID-19.

New York Increases Access to Hepatitis C Treatment for Medicaid Patients

September 21, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI), and the Treatment Action Group (TAG) today applauded New York State (NYS) Medicaid for removing the requirement that new patients receive prior authorization approval for hepatitis C treatment.

Demanding a Higher Standard of TB Care

September 2, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

In these two webinars, Treatment Action Group (TAG) launched the two latest additions to our series of materials designed for community leaders, An Activist’s Guide to Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools.

Cover image of publication, An Activist's Guide to TB Diagnostic Tools

An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools

July 28, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Our publication, An Activist’s Guide to Tuberculosis Diagnostic Tools, details the latest WHO recommendations, the array of available TB diagnostic tools, and how these tools should be optimally used in country programs, including to support TB screening and diagnosis among special populations such as children, people with extrapulmonary TB, and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).

Ensuring Universal Access to COVID-19 Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention

July 27, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

TAG and the Center for Economic and Social Rights produced this joint publication, as part of CESR’s COVID-19 “Recovering Rights” series of briefs.

Civil Rights Groups, Health Advocates, and Public Defenders Celebrate Passage of Legislation to Protect Contact Tracing Data from Law Enforcement

July 23, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

TAG is one of the organizations who supports confidentiality in contact tracing and is applauding the passage of this legislation. As TAG's State and Local Policy Director Annette Gaudino says in this statement, “There can be no effective contact tracing without trust.”

In Memoriam – The Honorable John Lewis

July 21, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group (TAG) honors the titanic historic legacy and mourns the recent death of the Honorable John Lewis, U.S. Representative from the 5th Congressional district in Georgia and legendary civil rights leader.

Treatment Action Group Mourns and Resists Violence towards Black Communities; Demands Action and Accountability across Government and Systems

June 5, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Treatment Action Group (TAG) joins partners, activists, and communities around the U.S. and the world in decrying violence against Black people and those who stand in solidarity with them.

An Activist’s Guide to Rifapentine for the Treatment of TB Infection

April 30, 2020
Chad Cipiti

The English version of this publication updated 2024. Please refer to the earlier versions on this page if you need languages other than English. English version updated April 2020. The updated guide reflects new information from recently completed clinical…