The Right to Prevent TB
It’s now easier than ever to prevent TB before it develops into active disease or spreads within communities.
Talk About It with TAG: The Impact of Long COVID on People Living With HIV
On March 3, 2022, we presented the first "Talk About It with TAG" webinar. This series addresses the needs of community members by having open discussions with researchers and community experts on issues related to COVID-19 and HIV biomedical research.
Statement from TAG’s HIV Project on FDA’s Approval of Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes and celebrates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of Apretude brand cabotegravir, the first injectable medication for use as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.
Same Meds, New Patents: What Do Activists Need to Know About Long-Acting Technologies
On November 4, 2021, Treatment Action Group and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition presented this webinar outlining the main findings of the upcoming report "Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis Long-Acting Medicines: Analysis on Patenting Trends."
An Activist’s Guide to Shorter Treatment for Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis
After a decades-long wait, shorter treatment for drug-sensitive tuberculosis (TB) for adults and children is finally possible. Two landmark clinical trials (S31/A5349 and SHINE) have demonstrated that adults, adolescents, and some children can be cured of TB in as little as four months.
TAG and COVID-19 Prevention Network Fact Sheets
These three fact sheets were developed by TAG in partnership with the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) and the Black AIDS Institute (BAI), and they aim to foster community understanding of COVID-19 vaccine research and development, as well as highlight community perspectives on the topic.
Statement from TAG’s TB Project on Today’s WHO Global TB Report
Today's Global TB Report from WHO confirms our worst expectations for how COVID-19 has set back the global TB response. The pandemic has reversed an entire generation of progress. The first year-on-year increase in TB deaths since 2005 is devastating.
Delivering on the Promise of Long-Acting Technologies
By Susan Swindells* and Mark Harrington This issue of TAGline explores the exciting opportunities and challenges that come with the development of long-acting formulations for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. For many years to date, patients and providers…
Have a Heart, Save My Liver! Who Has Access to the Cure in Africa?
On September 11 2021, Treatment Action Group’s Joelle Dountio Ofinboudem presented new data on the registration of the hepatitis C cure at the Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (COLDA) 2021. The presentation titled, “Have a Heart, Save My Liver! Who Has Access to the Cure in Africa,” explains that accelerating treatment uptake across Africa is urgently needed to meet WHO hepatitis C targets by 2030.
Launch of Public Health Partnership to Tackle the Silent Epidemic of Hepatitis C in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, and the Treatment Action Group are joining forces to tackle a ‘silent’ public health injustice: the continuing disparities in access to diagnostics and treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), home to 75% of those living with this viral illness.