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Are We There Yet? TB Preventive Treatment Beyond TB/HIV Integration

  • Jason Kirk

By Lynette Mabote-Eyde and Mike Frick Too often, major scientific advancements against tuberculosis (TB) get lost on the long and winding road of policy translation into practice. TB preventive treatment (TPT) has faced decades of dislocation between progressive global World…

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October 2023 TAGline cover: Lost in Translation. Features graphic of "TAG Translate" and shows 4 sets of terms: Shorter Treatments = Error: Insufficient Funding; Community Engagement = Error: political hostility; effective prevention = error inadequate awareness; broad screening = error: outdated guidelines

TAGline October 2023

  • Jason Kirk

We’re thrilled to share the 2023 edition of TAGline, which explores some of the barriers that obstruct research from being effectively implemented to improve people’s health.

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TAG Reacts to J&J Commitment to Not Enforce Patents on Bedaquiline

  • Jason Kirk

TAG is thrilled by this weekend’s announcement that following years of activist pressure, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has finally publicly committed to not enforcing its spurious secondary patents on bedaquiline in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in 134 low- and middle-income countries.

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TAG Response to TB Preventive Therapy Price Cut Announcement from USAID and PEPFAR

  • Jason Kirk

TAG welcomes the joint announcement from USAID and PEPFAR at the CDC’s “Prevent TB to End TB” event on the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB that they have secured a 30% price reduction on the tuberculosis preventive treatment (TPT) regimen called 3HP, taking the price from $14.25 to $9.99 for a three-month patient course.

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At This Week’s UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, the 1/4/6×24 Campaign Calls on Political Leaders to Take Urgent Action for Equitable Access to Shorter, Safer TB Regimens

  • Jason Kirk

Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, the 1/4/6x24 Campaign is sounding the alarm that the political declaration commits neither the funding nor the actions needed to expand access to the best-available TB regimens and diagnostics.

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Far Off Track: Funding for TB Research, 2018-2022

Far Off Track: Funding for TB Research, 2018 – 2022

  • Jason Kirk

United Nations High-Level Meeting on TB Policy Note. At the first United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on TB back in 2018, UN member states pledged “to mobilize sufficient and sustainable financing, with the aim of increasing overall global investments to…

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