Empowering women to break barriers and end TB
06 March 2015 | Geneva | There is much to celebrate, this International Women’s Day. The empowerment of women is gaining ground globally, more girls are in school and the world is mobilizing to ensure that they have a healthier and safer future to reach their full potential. However, despite these successes, millions of women still face barriers and inequalities in many areas of their lives, including in health. This is evident in the battle women face against tuberculosis (TB).
First global consultation on the role of e/mHealth in TB and tobacco control opens today
25 FEBRUARY 2015 ¦ GENEVA - Over ninety representatives from countries, technical agencies, financing partners, the corporate sector as well as civil society, are meeting together in Geneva over the next two days for a first-ever consultation on the role of electronic and mobile health (e/mHealth) interventions in TB and tobacco control. This consultation has been organized by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global TB Programme and Department for the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases with the European Respiratory Society (ERS).
WHO Global TB Programme welcomes appointment of UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis Dr Eric P. Goosby
20 JANUARY 2015 | Geneva | The Global TB Programme welcomes the decision by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint Dr Eric P Goosby as the new UN Special Envoy on Tuberculosis (TB). Special Envoy Goosby brings a wealth of experience to the fight against this pressing infectious disease crisis which still claims millions of lives each year. “We are extremely pleased with the appointment of Special Envoy Goosby”, said Dr Mario Raviglione, Director of the WHO Global TB Programme. “Eric has been with us fighting against TB for many years and has mobilized much-needed resources to strengthen its care and control. Our WHO efforts to end TB will receive a much higher profile with Eric’s engagement”.
Global consultation on research for TB elimination opens today
24 November 2014| STOCKHOLM - Government representatives, researchers, and financing partners from about 22 countries are meeting together in Stockholm over the next two days to participate in a World Health Organization consultation on research for tuberculosis (TB) elimination. WHO has co-organized this meeting with the Swedish medical university, Karolinska Institutet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden.
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fact buffet
Lives saved
37 millionlives were saved through effective diagnosis and treatment, 2000-2013.
Fact sheet on tuberculosisMDR-TB cases
480 000people developed multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in the world in 2013.
Q&A on MDR-TBFunding
2 billionUS dollars per year needed to fill resource gap for implementing existing TB interventions.
Information note on Global TB report 2014pdf, 521kb
Highlights
Highlighted documents
Tools for tuberculosis control
World TB Day
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World TB Day, 24 March 2014
World TB Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and control efforts.
Key information
- Tuberculosis fact sheet
- More fact sheets on TB
- 10 facts on tuberculosis
- What is TB? How is it treated?
- What is multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and how do we control it?
- Restoring hope in Swaziland: helping stop TB through earlier diagnosis
- Viet Nam: optimism for multidrug-resistant TB patients
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