January 13, 2023
Open Letter: Urgent Action Necessary to Improve Equitable Access to Bedaquiline-Based Regiments and Achieve 1/4/6×24
Letter / Comment
TAG and a coalition of civil society activists, public health leaders, and researchers acting in solidarity with communities affected by tuberculosis sent an open letter to Johnson & Johnson calling on the company to publicly commit to withdraw and not enforce the fumarate salt patent claims and other secondary patents…
December 8, 2022
2022 TAG Update
Publication
As we look forward to an end of an extremely challenging year—and past four years—we reflect on the remarkable resilience and impact of TAG, even and especially in these dark times.
December 6, 2022
2022 Report on TB Research Funding Trends
TB R&D Report
For the first time in history, funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) hit a billion dollars worldwide in 2021.
November 16, 2022
Response to Tuberculosis Treatment Trials Results Published and Presented During the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health
Statement / Press
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Global Tuberculosis Community Advisory Board (TB CAB) welcome the clinical trials results recently published and presented during the 2022 Union World Conference on Lung Health, which evaluated shorter regimens and treatment shortening strategies for drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
November 11, 2022
1/4/6×24 Community Campaign Training Materials
Publication
Community engagement and mobilization will be key to winning equitable access to the short-course treatment and prevention regimens at the heart of the 1/4/6×24 Campaign. For everyone to benefit from the scientific progress that made these effective new preventive treatments and cures possible, governments and other duty bearers and stakeholders…
November 3, 2022
TAGline November 2022
TAGline
This year’s edition of TAGline commemorates TAG’s 30th anniversary, and these articles explore TAG’s work over the years: what we’ve accomplished, what we’ve learned, the continuing obstacles to progress, and what comes next.
October 27, 2022
Community Mobilization to Ensure Health Systems’ Readiness for Long-Acting Therapies
Webinar / Presentation
On November 16, 2022, please join TAG, INPUD and AfroCAB for our webinar “Community Mobilization to Ensure Health Systems’ Readiness for Long-Acting Therapies” at 8:00 a.m. EST / 02:00 p.m. CET / 05:30 IST.
October 27, 2022
Public Health Leaders, Researchers, and Activists Launch Global Campaign to Revolutionize Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatmnt with New, Shorter, Stronger, Safer, Evidence-Based Regimens
Statement / Press
As public health leaders, researchers, and civil society activists acting in solidarity with communities affected by tuberculosis (TB), we are dismayed by the continued global backslide in progress against history’s oldest pandemic.
October 26, 2022
1 / 4 / 6 x 24
Inspired by the legacy of Dr. Paul Farmer, the 1 / 4 / 6 x 24 Campaign calls for the “staff, stuff, space, systems and support” necessary to make groundbreaking short-course TB prevention and treatment regimens accessible to all who need them as a human right by the end of…
October 24, 2022
Storytelling to Support TB Preventive Treatment (TPT)
Publication
Storytelling is a tool that can help build understanding, support discussions between members of affected communities and other stakeholders, and aid in the identification of important issues and potential solutions. The storyboards on this page describe the experiences of people who took TB preventive treatment (TPT). Daud Yamikani of Malawi…
October 19, 2022
Towards Pandemic Equity: Lessons from 30 Years of Syndemic Activism
TAGline
By Mike Frick and Mark Harrington The articles in this 30th anniversary issue of TAGline grapple with “pandemic equity,” an increasingly common catchphrase in global health. COVID-19 has shown that “equity,” like its cousins “justice,” “fairness,” and “equality,” is one of those words whose use rises in proportion to its…
October 4, 2022
Chief Operating Officer
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is seeking a dynamic, seasoned, and strategic leader to become TAG’s Chief Operating Officer, supporting the organization as it continues to grow.
September 21, 2022
The LAT CAB Responds to MedinCell and Medicines Patent Pool License on a New Long-Acting Malaria Formulation
Statement / Press
As the global Long-Acting Technologies Community Advisory Board (LAT CAB) representing vast civil society networks, and people living with and affected by malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) across the world, we welcome the efforts leading to the development of an investigational long-acting injectable (LAI) formulation of…
August 23, 2022
Treatment Action Group Statement on Retirement of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Statement / Press
Treatment Action Group (TAG) meets with sadness the announcement by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci of his retirement as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, effective in December 2022.
August 23, 2022
Ten Principles for Access to Multi-disease Molecular Diagnostics: A Global Call to Action
Statement / Press
Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Access Campaign are pleased to launch the Principles for Access to Multi-disease Molecular Diagnostics.