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The Stop TB Partnership Newsletter - August 2017

Latin American and Caribbean activist network of people affected by TB launches in Peru: 4 regional networks of TB activists and survivors launched in one year

 

The Stop TB Partnership is pleased to announce the establishment of REDTBLAC, (Red de Personas Afectadas por Tuberculosis en Latino América y El Caribe), a newly formed activist network of people affected by TB from the Latin American and Caribbean region. Full story here. 

Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH initiative funds innovation and fosters grantee-grantee collaboration

 

Through the Stop TB Partnership’s TB REACH funding platform, the Partnership recently connected two TB REACH grantees, enabling them to collaborate and combine their expertise and creativeness to reach new goals. Read more here. 
 

Communities and Civil Society Strongly United in Strategic Advocacy for TB UN High Level Meeting Towards Ending TB


As we embark on the road to the United Nations High Level Meeting (UNHLM) on TB, the Stop TB Partnership, in collaboration with APCASO and Treatment Action Group (TAG), hosted a global meeting from 29-30 July, where more than 60 community and civil society advocates from 32 countries strategized on advocacy priorities promoting community-led, people-centered, rights-based and gender transformative approaches to end TB.  Read more here.

2nd International Conference on Integrated TB Control in Central Asia

7 - 8 September - Bishkek, Krygyz Republic


TB People: Eurasian Community Network Strategic Planning and Engagement

16-18 September - Tbilisi, Georgia


Zero TB Initiative - Performance Indicators for TB Programs

26 September - Dubai, UAE


TB Infection: Building a Framework for Eradication

27-28 September, Dubai, UAE

 

67th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

28 August-1 September 2017 - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe


70th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia

6 - 10 September 2017 - Male, Maldives

 

67th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe

11 - 14 September 2017 - Budapest, Hungary


European Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) Kick-off Meeting

13 September 2017 - Paris, France


Opening of UN General Assembly General Debate 

20 September 2017 - New York, USA

 

69th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Americas

25 -29 September 2017 - Washington D.C., USA


TB Infection: Building a Framework for Education

27-28 September 2017 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Global Drug Facility Update

 

One of the Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility key functions is to provide technical assistance to countries and to support National TB Programs in managing the procurement of life-saving medicines.
You can find an overview of GDF's most recent technical assistance activities here.

Your opinion matters! Take our 2017 Partners Survey - 3 iPads up for grabs


We value your opinion, constructive feedback & suggestions!

Take the Stop TB Partnership Partners' Survey & be eligible to win an iPad! Three are up for grabs!

Please fill in the survey before 22 September 2017!

TB REACH-funded project in Madagascar uses autonomous drones for delivery of samples


Stop TB Partnership's TB REACH initiative is funding a project in Madagascar using autonomous drones for delivery of samples. The project started implementation in July and installed an Xpert machine procured through the Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility in a district lab in Ifanadiana. 

Peruvian communities' health workers: a video spotlight

Tuberculosis Stories videos present testimonies from Peruvian communities’ health workers, community health promoters and people affected by TB who illustrated the challenges they face.

The videos are part of the project “Examining health system performance for indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon through the lens of tuberculosis control". See here. 
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