The APPG on Global Tuberculosis re-launches its inquiry into the Collaborative Tuberculosis Strategy for England 2015-2020.n nOn 19 January 2015, the then Public Health Minister Jane Ellison MP, launched the five year Strategy jointly with Public Health England and...
Due to the General Election in June, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis was required to register under the new Parliament. The APPG kickstarted the year with its inaugural meeting and election of officers.n nThe year ahead presents many exciting opportunities for...
Research and development to address tuberculosis has been recognised as a priority by world leaders at the G20 Summit. n nIn May G20 Health Ministers had already called for international action on TB within the context of the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance...
nAhead of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and global health expert, Professor Peter Piot, has authored an article calling for ‘a global assault on drug-resistant TB’; while the Financial...
nFor the first time ever G20 Health Ministers met in Berlin last month to discuss the world’s major health challenges, including antimicrobial resistance or AMR.n nThe UK Government has been at the forefront of efforts to address AMR: in 2014 commissioning the...
