1/4/6×24 Mid-Campaign Report Launch Webinar
On March 27, 2024, the 1/4/6x24 Campaign and the Stop TB Partnership co-hosted a webinar to launch the Campaign’s new report: Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments.
Mid-Campaign Report Highlights What’s Needed to Win Better, Shorter TB Treatments for All by End of 2024
Universal implementation of the best available treatment for drug-susceptible tuberculosis (TB) stands to cut 6.3 million years off total treatment by 2030, a new analysis released today by the 1/4/6x24 Campaign coalition has found.
Getting Better Faster: Delivering on the Promise of New TB Treatments – A Report from the 1/4/6×24 Campaign
This report marks the midway point of the 1/4/6x24 Campaign, which calls for the universal implementation of best available TB regimens — as little as one month or once weekly for TB prevention, four months for drug-susceptible TB, and six months for drug-resistant TB — by the end of 2024.
TPT Community Materials
These free educational materials are designed for community-based and civil society organizations to use to advocate for and teach people about TB preventive treatment (TPT).
NOW Is the Time for Hepatitis C Virus Elimination
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.
An Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
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 new DR-TB treatment regimens, including an overview of findings from…
ACTIVISM DELIVERS UNPRECEDENTED VICTORIES IN TB TESTING AND TREATMENT ACCESS
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.
Beyond Intellectual Property: Why Is Generic Treatment for HCV Still So Hard to Get
By Joelle Dountio Ofimboudem and Sara Helena Gaspar Background Intellectual property is a major barrier to access to medicines worldwide because it creates corporate monopolies that restrict supply, keep prices high, and prevent people from accessing innovative health products. However,…
Misinformation and Vaccine Preparedness: The Case for Digital Advocacy
By Erin McConnell A special thanks to Abraham Johnson, for contributing to an earlier draft of this piece Hesitancy around immunization has such deep historical roots that it predates the first vaccine. Before the term “anti-vaccine” was coined in the…
How Rising Anti-LGBTQ Sentiment Harms Public Health
By Kendall Martinez-Wright, Elizabeth Lovinger, and De’Ashia Lee Many people recognize advances the LGBTQ+ community has made in the United States and other countries, including the freedom to marry their partners, sexual orientation and gender identity protections, and the fact…