Activism Archives – Page 7 of 14 – Treatment Action Group

Health Activist Groups: Defunding UNRWA in Gaza Is an Act of Depravity and Enables a Genocide

January 30, 2024
Jason Kirk

We are appalled. As organisations that have historically worked on issues of health justice and access to medicines for millions of people around the world, for decades, focusing on HIV/AIDS, TB, cancer, and COVID, we share the urgent concern and outrage of aid organizations (NGOs) that the sudden decision by global north donor countries to suspend funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) ‘’comes amid a rapidly worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza."

NOW Is the Time for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination

January 10, 2024
Jason Kirk

Hepatitis C-related liver diseases continue to kill an estimated 15,000 people per year in the United States, despite the availability of an effective cure.

Report: TB R&D Funding Perilously Off Track of UN Commitments to End Disease by 2030

December 5, 2023
Jason Kirk

A new report released today by Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the Stop TB Partnership has found that cumulative funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) over the past five years is falling shockingly short of commitments.

An Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

November 9, 2023
Jason Kirk

An updated, version of this publication was released in 2025. In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its guidelines for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), recommending a six-month cure. This guide lays out what activists need to know about the…

ACTIVISM DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED VICTORIES IN TB TESTING AND TREATMENT ACCESS

November 7, 2023
Jason Kirk

Three recent announcements of tuberculosis (TB) medicine and diagnostics price reductions access will enable millions more people to receive TB preventive therapy, and to be tested and treated for TB. Announced alongside the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) in September, these victories across the cascade of TB care were the result of years of targeted, spirited, and informed mobilization from the TB community.

October 2023 TAGline cover: Lost in Translation. Features graphic of "TAG Translate" and shows 4 sets of terms: Shorter Treatments = Error: Insufficient Funding; Community Engagement = Error: political hostility; effective prevention = error inadequate awareness; broad screening = error: outdated guidelines

TAGline October 2023

October 4, 2023
Jason Kirk

We’re thrilled to share the 2023 edition of TAGline, which explores some of the barriers that obstruct research from being effectively implemented to improve people’s health.

HCV Elimination Among People Living with and at Risk of HIV: Challenges and Opportunities

September 5, 2023
Jason Kirk

Following the White House’s recent proposal for a National Hepatitis C Elimination Plan as part of its Fiscal Year 2024 budget request to Congress, and the fact that key populations for HIV are also at high risk of HCV, Treatment Action Group is organizing a webinar that will highlight best practices and challenges for HCV elimination with a specific focus on high-burden populations.

Information Note: New Fair Share Funding Targets for TB Research 0.1% -> 0.15%

August 16, 2023
Jason Kirk

In 2017 Treatment Action Group and partners introduced the “fair share” funding targets for TB research.

Letter to Dr. Jeanne Marazzo, New Director NIAID

August 10, 2023
Jason Kirk

We're excited to welcome Dr. Jeanne Marazzo as the first woman and openly LGBTQ+ Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

TAG Mourns the Loss of Dr. Stephaun Elite Wallace

August 8, 2023
Jason Kirk

TAG extends our deepest condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Dr. Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, MS. Dr. Wallace was a treasure to all who knew and worked with him, and his legacy of mentorship and community engagement in the HIV research landscape will be felt for generations.