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Patient-Centred Care and its Nuances at The Union World Lung Conference in Guadalajara
On Day 4 of the Union Conference in Guadalajara, Blessina Kumar, CEO, and Rhea Lobo, Communications Officer, took part in a discussion in the theme Patient-Centred Care – What Does That Really Mean? – a session which was supported by Journalists Against TB. Stressing on the point that mindsets need to change, Blessina in her […]
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Community Consultation on Measuring TB stigma
An invigorating session — Community Consultation on Measuring Stigma — with the support of Stop TB Partnership took place on Day 2 of The Union World Lung Conference in Guadalajara. Speakers for the session included Blessina Kumar and Dean Lewis of GCTA, Ellen Mitchell of KNCV, Abdulai Abubakarr of Civil Society Movement Against Tuberculosis in […]
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Six-Member Civil Society Advisory Group formed at the WHO Ministerial Conference in Moscow
On Day 1 of the Ministerial Conference (November 16, 2017), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General (DG) of WHO, met with about 100 civil society participants and spoke about his commitment to establish a regular engagement mechanism with civil society and TB advocates to work together to end TB with emphasis on universal health coverage (UHC), […]
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Regional Capacity-Building Workshop for TB Survivors in Lima, Peru
16 – 18 August, 2017 Lima, Peru Globally, there is growing recognition that the fight against TB must actively seek the participation of those most affected by the disease – individuals who have had TB and their families. It is their stories, their experiences and their voices that matters the most. Their voices will resonate […]
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TB Survivors workshop – Africa region(Video credit: Stop TB)
12 July 2017. Accra, Ghana The Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) and Stop TB Partnership in collaboration with Afro Global Alliance and Stop TB Partnership Kenya conducted a workshop to build capacity of TB survivors from the Anglophone Africa region from, 8-10 July 2017. The main objective was to engage, empower and mobilize TB […]
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Stop TB Partnership & Global Coalition of TB Activists Workshop for TB Advocates from the African Region
8-10 July, Accra, Ghana Dear Friends, we are very happy to announce our regional meeting in the Africa region. The meeting will be conducted in partnership with Stop TB Partnership and our regional partners Afro Global Alliance and Stop TB Partnership- Kenya. The meeting is set to take place in Accra, Ghana, from the the 8th to the 10th […]
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Announcing the formal launch of Touched By TB
One person dies of TB in India every single minute. TB is a silent killer that is preventable and curable, if society at large comes together to fight it. Keeping this in mind, and the urgent need to make affected voices heard from varied groups to fight TB, the coalition of TB people in India […]
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