SARS-CoV-2 Serological Testing: What Is It and What Does It Mean?
ICAP at Columbia, TAG, and the COVID-19 Working Group – New York presented this webinar on May 13, 2020.
AVAC and TAG Statement on Ethical Conduct of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Challenge Studies
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency that may demand new, safe, and expedited ways of conducting ethical research to find the solutions we need, including a safe and effective vaccine.
An Activist’s Guide to Rifapentine for the Treatment of TB Infection
English version updated April 2020. The updated guide reflects new information from recently completed clinical trials, new WHO guidance on TB preventive therapy, and changes in rifapentine pricing and supply. Our publication, An Activist’s Guide to Rifapentine, details important efficacy,…
Open Letter to the Diagnostics Supply Consortium
On 24 April 2020, advocates sent an open letter to the Diagnostics Supply Consortium calling for a higher level of global coordination, transparency, and accountability to ensure sustainable and equitable access to molecular diagnostic testing for COVID-19...
Global Health and Human Rights Organizations Denounce Trump Administration Decision to Pull Commitments to WHO during COVID-19 Crisis
AVAC, Health GAP, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), and Treatment Action Group (TAG) strongly condemn the Trump Administration’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the midst of the urgent COVID-19 global health crisis.
Treatment Action Group Celebrates New Guidance on the Right to Science by Global Human Rights Body
Treatment Action Group (TAG) celebrates publication of the General Comment on “the human right of everyone to participate in and to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications” (the right to science), and calls the attention of grassroots activists and global civil society working on health to this landmark document.
Treatment Action Group Statement on BCG Vaccine and COVID-19
Treatment Action Group (TAG) cautions that widespread media reports that the baccille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine may be protective against COVID-19 need to be read with caution.
Fair Pricing for Cepheid Xpert Tests (COVID-19, HIV, TB, HCV)
On Friday, April 3, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) held a webinar on the price of Xpert tests for COVID-19, TB, HIV, HCV and other diseases.
TAG Statement on WHO Updated TB Preventive Therapy Guidance
Last week, Treatment Action Group was pleased to receive the World Health Organization’s (WHO) update to its guidance on TB preventive therapy (TPT).
Treatment Action Group Statement on the High Price of Cepheid’s Xpert Test for COVID-19
Cepheid is profiteering during a pandemic, with dangerous consequences for countries with vulnerable populations and health systems. New York, March 27, 2020 — Treatment Action Group calls for Cepheid to immediately lower to US$ 5 the developing country price of…