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Nick Herbert MP speaks at civil society hearing ahead of UN high-level meeting on TB
nThe Rt Hon Nick Herbert CBE MP, co-chair of both the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB and the Global TB Caucus, participated in the civil society hearing convened in New York on 4 June 2018 ahead of the forthcoming UN High-Level Meeting on TB. n nMr Herbert...
APPG secures debate on ‘ending tuberculosis’ in House of Commons Chamber
(c) Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of parliament n nThe All-Party Parliamentary Group on TB's co-chairs, Nick Herbert MP and Virendra Sharma MP, have successfully secured a debate in the House of Commons chamber on Thursday 7 June. n...
Global TB Caucus hosts parliamentary consultation in New York ahead of UN High Level Meeting
nIn April 2018, the All Party Parliamentary Group's co-chairs, Nick Herbert MP and Virendra Sharma MP, were joined by forty members of parliament from thirty-five countries in New York to discuss the forthcoming UN High Level on TB with civil society, TB experts and...
MPs call for urgent action to tackle “world’s deadliest infectious disease”
nMore than 100 MPs and Peers have today written to the Prime Minister urging her to make tackling tuberculosis (TB) a priority, warning that without urgent action the disease will claim 28 million lives globally by 2030 at a cost to the world economy of £700 billion.n...
APPG hosts World TB Day reception
nnnnnnn nOn the 21st of March 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB hosted a reception to mark World TB Day in the Houses of Parliament. Joined by representatives from the UK's leading academic institutions, civil society organisations, public...
‘Together, we can make TB history’: Director of WHO Global TB Programme sends message of sup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ofbS91hCMU n nDr Tereza Kasaeva, Director of the World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Programme, sent a video message in support of this year's APPG reception marking World TB Day. n nCongratulating APPG members of their...
APPG to host World TB Day Reception
nOn the 21st of March 2018, the All-Party Parliamentary Group will host an evening reception to mark World TB Day. n nTuberculosis (TB) remains the world's deadliest infectious disease, killing almost 5,000 people a day. As drug-resistant strains of the disease...
Joint APPG event hosts Oxford University students
In a joint event with the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV/AIDS and Global Health, the APPG hosted a group of students from Oxford University's Master's Program on International Health and Tropical Medicine. n nThe...
APPG extends deadline for submissions for inquiry
The APPG on Global Tuberculosis is extending the deadline for 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...
Progress on ending TB not fast enough says WHO report
nToday the World Health Organisation has published the Global Tuberculosis Report 2017. The report reveals that an estimated 10.4 million people fell ill with TB last year, with 6.3 million new cases reported.nnWhile this marks an increase from the 6.1 million new...