World Health Organization Guidelines for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Letter to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO, and Dr. Tereza Kasaeva, Global TB Program Director.
Story: Cancer Drug Leads to ‘Drastic Decrease’ in HIV Infection in Lung Cancer Patient
November – December 2017 Examples of media coverage: Lung cancer drug may be early clue in hunt for HIV cure – The Independent, November 30, 2017 Cancer drug offers tantalising hope for HIV cure – The Guardian, November 30, 2017…
Higher Funding for TB Research Signals Hope, but Governments Must Dramatically Increase Spending to End TB
Global funding for tuberculosis (TB) research reached a previously unreported high of $726 million in 2016, according to a report released today by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the United Nations–hosted Stop TB Partnership.
Tools to Help Support Activists in Engaging National Policy Makers on TB
The United Nations High Level Meeting (HLM) on TB is rapidly approaching. The U.N. HLM on TB will take place on September 26, 2018 during the second day of general debate of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session…
Expanding the Use of the TB LAM Test for People with HIV
TAG and partners hosted this webinar on October 3, 2017. Speakers included Lynette Mabote, AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa; Lindiwe Mvusi, Department of Health, Republic of South Africa; Stephen Wanjala, MSF; and Wayne van Gemert, Global Drug Facility…
No Time to Lose: G20 Leaders Must Fund R&D to End TB
In advance of World TB Day, Treatment Action Group (TAG), Health GAP, AIDS-Free World and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) urge G20 member states to commit by the July 7, 2017 G20 summit to increase annual funding contributions to USD $1.17 billion for research and development (R&D) to set us on the path to end tuberculosis (TB).
Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop 2017
On Sunday February 12, 2017 in Seattle, the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition, AVAC, the DARE Community Advisory Board, the defeatHIV Community Advisory Board, European AIDS Treatment Group, Project Inform and TAG co-sponsored a community workshop on HIV cure research.
Story: Nigerian Scientists Claim to Have Discovered Complete Cure for HIV/AIDS
December 2016 – February 2017, Updated May 2017 Examples of media coverage: Nigerian Scientists Claim To Have Discovered Complete Cure For HIV/AIDS – Nigerian Bulletin, December 13, 2016 Michael Okpara varsity discovers new cure of HIV/AIDS – Daily Trust, February…
Public Health Groups Welcome Johns Hopkins University and Medicines Patent Pool Agreement for Development of Promising New TB Drug
Public health groups welcomed today’s announcement by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) of an agreement that could expedite the research and development of a promising tuberculosis drug and lead to improved treatment options for people living with TB.
The Pharma Shell Game
The global system for funding drug development socializes the costs and privatizes the pro ts though a system of taxpayer-funded research, legal corporate tax havens, and intellectual property registrations to guarantee exclusive access to markets and to reduce corporate taxes, while selling identical formulations at wildly different prices.