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…
Science-Based Activism to End Epidemics, from AIDS to COVID-19
We hope you’re staying safe and sanitized during this difficult time! Here at TAG, we’re fortunate to be able to safely work from home, and advance the fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C — and now against COVID-19.
Treatment Action Group Statement on HIV Treatments and SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is urging caution regarding the use of antiretroviral (ART) drugs as treatments for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. While there is clearly an acute need to carefully and quickly study interventions that may have activity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19 disease, it’s vitally important to be aware of the information that is currently available.
CROI 2020 TB Round Up
Treatment Action Group welcomes the flurry of tuberculosis (TB) data reported at the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). This statement includes a summary of major findings, TAG’s take on them, and a more detailed overview of key findings.
Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2020
Due to the late cancellation of the in-person Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), the 2020 Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop took place via Zoom conference on Saturday, March 7th. We thank all presenters, panelists and participants -…
The Future of Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials: Researcher Viewpoints and Community Survey
This report aims to make more accessible to community advocates discussions around ethical conduct of biomedical prevention trials in the era of PrEP. In early 2019, TAG, along with Black AIDS Institute and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network developed an…
African Declaration to Eliminate Hepatitis C and Improve the Health of People Who Use Drugs
A group of organizations that includes Treatment Action Group issued this statement/declaration today, while attending INHSU 2020 Africa: the 1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users.