Letters Archives – Page 3 of 11 – Treatment Action Group

Civil Society Letter to Donors, Countries, and Health Actors to Improve Access to GeneXpert and Other Diagnostics

April 1, 2021
Dorrit Walsh

TAG led an open letter appealing to donors, countries, and health actors to improve access to GeneXpert and other diagnostics for COVID-19, TB, HIV, HBV, HCV, and other diseases by applying collective leverage in negotiations with Cepheid for lower prices and sufficient volumes; establishing cost-of-goods-sold (COGS)-plus and volume-based pricing for diagnostics as a global norm; and increasing investments in alternative rapid molecular tests to promote competition and improve access.

Letters from TB Roundtable for Domestic and Global Appropriators, FY22

March 25, 2021
Dorrit Walsh

In March of 2021, the Tuberculosis Roundtable, of which TAG is a member organization, recently submitted letters to Congressional appropriators in support of increased funding for domestic and global TB programs for the 2022 fiscal year.

Civil Society Letter to Cepheid Requesting Lower Prices for Xpert SARS-CoV-2 Tests and Increased Volumes Distributed to LMICs

February 25, 2021
Dorrit Walsh

February 25, 2021 — TAG signed onto this letter requesting that diagnostics company Cepheid increase access to Xpert SARS-CoV-2 tests in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by committing a greater proportion of its SARS-CoV-2 test manufacturing capacity to LMICs and…

Open Letter: Urgent Action Necessary to Improve Equitable Access to GeneXpert TB Diagnostics and Achieve 1/4/6×24

February 2, 2021
Dorrit Walsh

A coalition of civil society activists, including TAG, public health leaders, and researchers sent this letter with information about the 1/4/6x24 Campaign...

Letter to Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights

November 9, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

Our current letter follows an earlier letter dated June 23, 2020 and calls on the Special Rapporteur for cultural rights to explicitly acknowledge the human rights dimensions of science and reaffirm the right of everyone to participate in and enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications in her forthcoming communication with the United Nations General Assembly on COVID-19.

Treatment Action Group Comments for the FDA Advisory Committee Meeting on COVID-19 Vaccines

October 20, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

TAG's comments and recommendations to the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, encompassing a broad range of community concerns regarding COVID-19 vaccine development and regulatory review.

Letter to Sanofi CEO Calling for Patent Withdrawals on Critical TB Drugs

August 3, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

TAG and our French partners OTMeds (Observatoire de la transparence dans les politiques du médicaments) sent a letter to Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson calling on the company to reverse its efforts to patent two obvious combinations of two critical drugs to prevent tuberculosis: rifapentine and isoniazid.

Petition to NYC Board of Health to Commence Emergency Rulemaking to Make Concrete Rules to End Racism As Public Health Peril

June 25, 2020
Chad Cipiti

On June 25, 2020, the National Black Leadership Commission on Health, the Latino Commission on AIDS, Housing Works, and TAG petitioned the New York City Board of Health to institute concrete rules to end racism as a public health crisis in New York City. TAG and partners called on the Board of Health to convene an emergency session to adopt new rules, amendments, and policies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Latinx New Yorkers, address racism as a public health crisis, address over-policing, and improve public health and safety.

Appeal to UAE Authorities to Release Prisoners with HIV Vulnerable to COVID-19

May 15, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

On May 18th, TAG and 46 other organizations and individuals – including the Stop TB Partnership, Global Coalition of TB Activists, and regional networks of people living with HIV, people affected by TB, and people who use drugs – are sending this letter to authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an urgent appeal concerning the health of people with HIV in UAE prisons who are vulnerable to COVID-19.

Open Letter to the Diagnostics Supply Consortium

April 24, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

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...