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19 September 2014
Message from the Executive Secretary, Stop TB Partnership
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Dear Partners, Colleagues & Friends,
I hope you have had a good summer and a relaxing break over the holidays. As we steer ahead with preparations for the trip and participation at the 45th UNION World Conference on Lung Health, I am happy to share with you an overview of the events that we are planning in collaboration with you. We will be more than happy to include any other events (that you would like to see highlighted). Please do notify us to include in the updated schedule that we will send out closer to the start of the Conference.
If you have not already registered for the all day Stop TB Partnership meeting on Monday 27 October, please register here. On Thursday 30 October, we are discussing how the Global Fund's investments will have the desired impact on TB and we want you to be part of this High Level Dialogue. For more information and to register, please see here. To access the Conference's full programme of events, please see here.
We hope that this advanced notice will be useful in planning your time and schedule in Barcelona, and of course we hope that you can join us in as many sessions as possible.
We are looking forward to seeing you there and we would like to thank you for your great collaboration and our colleagues at UNION for their efforts to accommodate our requests.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lucica Ditiu
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Monday 27 October
9:00 - 6:00 PM
All Day Partners Meeting
Renewing the Fight Against TB: a dialogue on the Stop TB Partnership's overall work streams (morning), followed by deep dive sessions on the Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020, TB identity work, and a discussion on the theme for World TB Day 2015. For more information and to register, please see here.
Stop TB Partnership
6:00 - 8:00 PM
The Human Spirit: Our Hope in the Fight Against Drug Resistant TB
This session will feature the testimony of Dr Thato Mosidi on her fight against XDR-TB, the story of Wena Moelich of working with communities against TB, and a short film, The Human Spirit Project with an introduction by project lead Jonathan Smith. Closing remarks will be made by Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa & Chair of the Stop TB Board.
Global Drug-resistant TB Initiative (GDI) Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership
10:30 - 11:45 AM
Global Burden of TB
This session is designed for working journalists who want to increase their knowledge and skills at developing stories on lung health and related issues, including TB and TB/HIV.
National Press Foundation
Tuesday 28 October
9:00 - 6:00 PM
Global TB Symposium
The Symposium includes a session on the Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020 with an afternoon keynote address from Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa & Chair of the Stop TB Board. The 2014 Kochon Prize will also be presented on the day.
WHO Global TB Department
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Wednesday 29 October
9:00 - 6:00 PM
Global Plan to Stop TB 2016-2020 Task Force Meeting
Meeting of the Task Force to advance the work on the next Global Plan.
Stop TB Partnership
9:00 - 5:00 PM
Ensuring TB Commodities Supply at Community Level (workshop)
The workshop will examine how global mechanisms for supply chain contribute to the availability of TB medicines at community level.
Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility/MSH/SIAPS
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Conference Opening Ceremony
Highlights include keynote addresses from Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa & Chair of the Stop TB Board and Nick Herbert, MP Co-Chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB.
UNION
Thursday 30 October
9:00 - 5:30 PM
High Level Dialogue: Making the Global Fund's New Funding Model work for TB
This High Level Dialogue will feature an interactive Q&A with prominent speakers in health, development and financing including Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health for South Africa & Chair of the Stop TB Board and Dr Mark Dybul.
See here for more information and to register.
Stop TB Partnership
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Zero Accountability: when action doesn't match the numbers
This symposium will focus on the current state of research and development for MDR-TB.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and co-sponsored by the Stop TB Partnership, Partners in Health and Harvard Medical School Department of Global Health & Social Medicine
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