TAG Remarks Delivered at Multistakeholder Hearings, May, 2023
TAG prepared these remarks to deliver at multistakeholder hearings on health held on May 8 and 9, 2023, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Nitrosamines and TB Medicines Information Note and Patient FAQs
In 2020, health authorities and drug manufacturers identified a type of chemical impurity called nitrosamines in rifampicin and rifapentine, two essential medicines used in the treatment and prevention of TB. TAG and IMPAACT4TB project partners have developed several materials to…
1/4/6×24 Campaign Videos
All people affected by TB have a right to benefit from scientific progress and to access the best-available short-course regimens for TB prevention and treatment. The 1/4/6x24 Campaign demands that countries and other duty bearers take action to implement the…
For World TB Day, TB Advocates Demand Universal Access to Shorter, Safer TB Regimens
On March 24, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day offers an opportunity to take stock of global progress against the deadliest disease in human history. This year, we face a sobering reality: since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of TB infection and death are higher than they’ve been since the early 2000s, setting back an already woefully inadequate effort to end the disease.
1 / 4 / 6 x 24
Inspired by the legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, the 1 / 4 / 6 x 24 Campaign calls for the “staff, stuff, space, systems and support” necessary to make groundbreaking short-course TB prevention and treatment regimens accessible to all who need them as a human right by the end of 2024.
CROI 2023 Tuberculosis Research Round Up
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the tuberculosis (TB) data presented at the 2023 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).
TB Treatment Trial Results in Context for Communities
On Tuesday, March 14 at 8:00 am ET, join Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Dr. Jennifer Furin for an overview of key results and breakdown of how they fit into the larger TB policy and research landscapes.
Response to Tuberculosis Treatment Trials Results Published and Presented During the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Global Tuberculosis Community Advisory Board (TB CAB) welcome the clinical trials results recently published and presented during the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health, which evaluated shorter regimens and treatment shortening strategies for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Public Health Leaders, Researchers, and Activists Launch Global Campaign to Revolutionize Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatmnt with New, Shorter, Stronger, Safer, Evidence-Based Regimens
As public health leaders, researchers, and civil society activists acting in solidarity with communities affected by tuberculosis (TB), we are dismayed by the continued global backslide in progress against history’s oldest pandemic.
Storytelling to Support TB Preventive Treatment (TPT)
Storytelling is a tool that can help build understanding, support discussions between members of affected communities and other stakeholders, and aid in the identification of important issues and potential solutions. The storyboards on this page describe the experiences of people…