Submission on the Right to Access and Take Part in Scientific Progress
TAG is a longstanding champion of the human right to science, which we believe entitles everyone, everywhere to benefit from the best available tools to end HIV, TB, and HCV.
TAGline October 2023
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.
TAG Remarks Submitted to United Nation High-Level Meetings (UN HLMs), September 2023
TAG prepared these remarks to deliver at United Nations High-Level Meetings (UN HLMs) on tuberculosis (TB), universal health coverage (UHC), and pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR). While we welcome public reaffirmation of commitments to end TB, we urge member…
TAG Remarks Delivered at Multistakeholder Hearings, May, 2023
TAG prepared these remarks to deliver at multistakeholder hearings on health held on May 8 and 9, 2023, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
TAGline November 2022
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.
Activists Across the World Demand Urgent Action to Improve Access to Lifesaving Tuberculosis (TB) Medicine, Bedaquiline
A new generic version of bedaquiline produced by Macleods Pharmaceuticals in India has cleared the Global Fund’s Expert Review Panel (ERP), an independent group of experts that reviews finished pharmaceutical products and makes recommendations on their use to the Global Fund.
TAG Submission to WHO Public Hearing Regarding a New International Instrument on Pandemic Preparedness and Response
At the first of these two public hearings TAG submitted the following statement with six reasons why the new international instrument must explicitly acknowledge the right to science as a central guiding framework.
Mourning Paul Farmer, Honoring His Legacy
TAG’s staff and board of directors are filled with grief at the premature death of Dr. Paul Farmer, who illuminated and changed our world with his combination of passion, intelligence, solidarity with the poor, and determined will for social justice.
Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Input to HRC resolution 47/17
On February 9, TAG submitted this testimony to the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) to inform its upcoming report to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 'human rights in the context of HIV/AIDS' (HRC resolution 47/17).
US FDA COVID Vaccine Authorization Important Step Toward Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic
Today’s decision by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine is an important step toward bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control in the United States.