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CNS Stop-TB News Monitor: 2-4 July 2010
CNS Stop-TB News Monitor:
2-4 July 2010
CNS Stop-TB News Monitor provides a snapshot of five major news pieces on tuberculosis (TB)
prevention, treatment, care and support related issues, from
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world, particularly prioritising news
highlights from TB high-burdened countries and links to major
TB-related events or other advocacy opportunities. This is issue 23 (2-4 July 2010).
1. Speak-Your-World: Online consultation on TB-HIV issues in lead up to the XVIII Intern...
(Source: CNS Stop-TB Initiative)
The global Stop-TB eForum
is hosting an online consultation/ dialogue, on key issues impeding TB and HIV collaborative
activities in local contexts, from 2nd July to 6th of August 2010. This
is a period during which the XVIII
International AIDS Conference (IAC) shall also be held in Vienna,
Austria. This online consultation/ dialogue and gives people dealing
with TB and HIV an opportunity to speak their world, and inform the
issue-framework which the Key Correspondents team facilitated by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
shall use on-site at the XVIII IAC
in Vienna. The issues flagged by the members shall also shape the
coverage generated by citizen journalists of other networks like Citizen News Service (CNS). Read more
2. James Connolly Committed to Accelerating the Development of New Vac...
(Source: Citizen News Service - CNS)
The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation today announced that James E.
Connolly has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. He
joins Aeras after a career in the pharmaceutical industry, most
recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Wyeth
Vaccines. He will take over as Aeras President and CEO on August 9,
2010. Read more
3. Online discussion mini-series-1: TB and children
(Source: CNS Stop-TB Initiative)
From 2nd to 9th of July 2010, members are encouraged to share their
perspectives and experiences on issues related to TB in children. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN: diagnosing TB in children; preventing TB in children; TB infection control and children; treating TB in children; TB-HIV co-infection and children.
Members comments are most welcome. Send
your comments to: bobby@citizen-news.org or join the global
Stop-TB eForum by sending an email to:
join-stop-tb@eforums.healthdev.org . Read more
4. Somalia Islamists say observing World TB Day, Health Day, is un-isl...
(Source: Times Live)
Events such as World TB Day should not be observed as they were un-Islamic, say Somalia
Islamists. "Marking and celebrating for the events like Health day and Tuberculosis day is not also
mentioned in the holy Koran and so that partying for those days
is totally banned in Islam". Read more
5. Not just poor, even Mumbai affluent class is hit by tuberculosis (TB)
(Source: Daily News & Analysis - DNA)
According to the recent observations made by the Mumbai District TB Control
Society (MDTCS), most people from the affluent class in the city are
suffering from extra pulmonary TB (any
TB outside of lungs). Read more
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WATCH THESE DATES!
July 18-23: XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria
USEFUL LINKS!
To download the 2010 report with new WHO data, Multidrug and Extensively Drug-Resistant
Tuberculosis: 2010 Global Report on Surveillance and Response, click here
This CNS Stop-TB News Monitor is produced by CNS Stop-TB Initiative, a partner
of Stop TB Partnership
2-4 July 2010
CNS Stop-TB News Monitor provides a snapshot of five major news pieces on tuberculosis (TB)
prevention, treatment, care and support related issues, from
around the catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3200/2360371686_cd64e28b30_o.jpg"">
world, particularly prioritising newshighlights from TB high-burdened countries and links to major
TB-related events or other advocacy opportunities. This is issue 23 (2-4 July 2010).
1. Speak-Your-World: Online consultation on TB-HIV issues in lead up to the XVIII Intern...
(Source: CNS Stop-TB Initiative)
The global Stop-TB eForum
is hosting an online consultation/ dialogue, on key issues impeding TB and HIV collaborative
activities in local contexts, from 2nd July to 6th of August 2010. This
is a period during which the XVIII
International AIDS Conference (IAC) shall also be held in Vienna,
Austria. This online consultation/ dialogue and gives people dealing
with TB and HIV an opportunity to speak their world, and inform the
issue-framework which the Key Correspondents team facilitated by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance
shall use on-site at the XVIII IAC
in Vienna. The issues flagged by the members shall also shape the
coverage generated by citizen journalists of other networks like Citizen News Service (CNS). Read more
2. James Connolly Committed to Accelerating the Development of New Vac...
(Source: Citizen News Service - CNS)
The Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation today announced that James E.
Connolly has been named President and Chief Executive Officer. He
joins Aeras after a career in the pharmaceutical industry, most
recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Wyeth
Vaccines. He will take over as Aeras President and CEO on August 9,
2010. Read more
3. Online discussion mini-series-1: TB and children
(Source: CNS Stop-TB Initiative)
From 2nd to 9th of July 2010, members are encouraged to share their
perspectives and experiences on issues related to TB in children. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPERIENCES IN: diagnosing TB in children; preventing TB in children; TB infection control and children; treating TB in children; TB-HIV co-infection and children.
Members comments are most welcome. Send
your comments to: bobby@citizen-news.org or join the global
Stop-TB eForum by sending an email to:
join-stop-tb@eforums.healthdev.org . Read more
4. Somalia Islamists say observing World TB Day, Health Day, is un-isl...
(Source: Times Live)
Events such as World TB Day should not be observed as they were un-Islamic, say Somalia
Islamists. "Marking and celebrating for the events like Health day and Tuberculosis day is not also
mentioned in the holy Koran and so that partying for those days
is totally banned in Islam". Read more
5. Not just poor, even Mumbai affluent class is hit by tuberculosis (TB)
(Source: Daily News & Analysis - DNA)
According to the recent observations made by the Mumbai District TB Control
Society (MDTCS), most people from the affluent class in the city are
suffering from extra pulmonary TB (any
TB outside of lungs). Read more
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July 18-23: XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria
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USEFUL LINKS!
Tuberculosis: 2010 Global Report on Surveillance and Response, click here
To download or read the Global Plan
to Stop TB (2006-2015), click here
To download or read The Stop TB Strategy, click here
To subscribe to the global Stop-TB eForum, established by Health &
Development Networks (HDN), send an email to:
join-stop-tb@eforums.healthdev.org
join-stop-tb@eforums.healthdev.org
To download or read the Patients' Charter for Tuberculosis Care (PCTC), click here
To download or read the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), click here
Know more about: Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION), AIDS and
Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), TB Alert, TB/HIV Care
Association, TuBerculosis
Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), World Care
Council, [to
feature your organisation, send an email to: bobby@citizen-news.org]
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), TB Alert, TB/HIV Care
Association, TuBerculosis
Vaccine Initiative (TBVI), World Care
Council, [to
feature your organisation, send an email to: bobby@citizen-news.org]
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This CNS Stop-TB News Monitor is produced by CNS Stop-TB Initiative, a partner
of Stop TB Partnership
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