TB Research Investments Provide Returns in Combating Both TB and COVID-19
Publication • 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to radically shift the global health landscape and alter government/donor commitments, TAG has released this timely brief to explore the impact of COVID-19 on TB research and development (R&D), and how tools, concepts, capacity, and infrastructure established through years of public and donor investments in TB R&D have informed and…
Statement on Human Challenge Studies for COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Statement / Press • 2020Two recent developments have brought renewed publicity to proposals to conduct human challenge studies to test COVID-19 vaccine candidates: an open letter from the organization 1DaySooner and media reports that Adrian Hill’s Oxford University research group is planning a challenge study, taking advantage of the lack of regulatory oversight of human challenge experiments in the United Kingdom.
Public Health Organizations Call on NYC Board of Health to Declare Racism and Over-Policing of Black and Latinx New Yorkers a Public Health Emergency
Statement / Press • 2020Several prominent community health organizations with decades of experience in HIV/AIDS advocacy today served the New York City Board of Health with a formal petition calling for an emergency meeting to address racism and over-policing of Black and Latinx communities as concurrent, city-wide public health emergencies.
Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): Promising Results from HPTN 083
Statement / Press • 2020Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the news that long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB LA, from ViiV Healthcare) demonstrated a high level of efficacy for preventing HIV infection in cisgender men and transgender women who have sex with men in the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 083 trial.
Petition to Require Mayor DeBlasio to Restore Contact Tracing Authority and Responsibility Back to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Letters PDF • 2020A group of New York City community and public health leaders called on NY State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker to exercise his authority under NY State Public Health Law and in compliance with the New York State Sanitary Code, the New York City Charter, New York City Health Code and Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order…
An Activist’s Guide to Rifapentine for the Treatment of TB Infection
Publication • 2020English 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, safety, and access information on rifapentine, a game-changing drug for treating tuberculosis (TB) infection in…
TAG Statement on WHO Updated TB Preventive Therapy Guidance
Statement / Press • 2020Last week, Treatment Action Group was pleased to receive the World Health Organization’s (WHO) update to its guidance on TB preventive therapy (TPT).
An Activist’s Guide to the LAM Test
Publication • 2020Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one killer of people living with HIV/AIDS, causing one in three of all AIDS-related deaths. People living with HIV are at increased risk of developing TB, and of dying from it—especially when they have advanced HIV disease, or AIDS. The LAM test can rapidly and easily diagnose TB in people…
Letter to USPTO Opposing Gilead’s Patent Term Extension Request for TAG
Letters PDF • 2020Treatment Action Group (TAG) joined 36 other organizations who signed on to this letter to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), opposing Gilead’s request for a patent term extension for tenofovir alafenamide (TAF). The letter also supports a recent petition submitted by PrEP4All, based on evidence that Gilead intentionally delayed development of TAF for…
After Cuomo Speech, NY Health Orgs Including TAG Warn that Governor’s Health Plan Falls Short
Statement / Press • 2020TAG, as part of the Save NY Public Health Campaign, called out Governor Cuomo's recently announced Medicaid cuts and other failures to adequately address health and health equity in his January 8, 2020 "State of the State" address.