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UK academic and medical leaders call on Prime Minister to attend UN high-level meeting
nToday, a network of UK academics and professionals working on TB have sent a letter to the Prime Minister, asking her to personally attend the first ever United Nations high-level meeting on Tuberculosis (TB) on 26 September 2018 in New York. n nThe letter was signed...
Commons debates fight against TB for first time in 65 years
n nThis Thursday, MPs from across the political spectrum participated in the first debate on Tuberculosis to take place in the House of Commons chamber in some 65 years.nThe backbench business debate, which had been secured by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)...
Article by APPG Co-Chairs: “We have a clear moral duty to lead the way on tackling tuberculosis
nAhead of this week's historic parliamentary debate on 'Ending Tuberculosis' in the House of Commons Chamber, Nick Herbert MP and Virendra Sharma MP have jointly written of the UK Government's 'moral duty to lead the way on tackling tuberculosis'. n nWriting in the...
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...