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nDuring oral questions to the Secretary of State for International Development on Wednesday 29 March, Alan Brown MP raised the issue of drug-resistant TB and called for steps to be taken to improve treatment.n nMeanwhile, on Monday 3 April during a debate in the House...

Over thirty Members of Parliament from a variety of political parties have signed Early Day Motion 1070 , tabled by our Co-Chair Virendra Sharma MP, to mark World TB Day. n nWhile recognising the progress made both at home and abroad, the Motion calls for the...

nOn Tuesday 28 March, the APPG convened a panel discussion on the theme 'UK leadership on TB and AMR' to mark World TB Day. n nThe event was extremely well-attended by external visitors and parliamentarians alike. An overview of the main discussion points is available...

On World TB Day 2017, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis is launching an 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...

Last Tuesday (7 March) several APPG TB Members participated in a Westminster Hall debate on the O'Neill Review on AMR.n nMembers had previously called for an opportunity to debate the important issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and this was the first House of...

nWorld TB Day 2017: UK leadership on TB and AMRn2.30pm - 3.30pm, Tuesday 28 MarchnIPU Room, Houses of Parliamentn nHosted by Chair of the APPG on Global TB, the Rt Hon Nick Herbert MPn​nWith:n nJames Wharton MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DFIDnLord Jim...

The co-chairs of the APPG on Global TB, in partnership with RESULTS UK, RESULTS International Australia and the Global TB Caucus, took the opportunity presented by the UK parliamentary recess to press for global leadership against the world’s deadliest infectious...

The Department for International Development (DFID) today published a performance agreement for its engagement with the World Health Organisation, which notes that in 2017 two of its top priorities for engagement with the WHO will be TB and AMR.n nIndeed, DFID calls...

The International Development Committee today held an oral evidence session as part of its inquiry into DFID's work on HIV/AIDS, during which witnesses called for coordinated action to tackle TB-HIV co-infection given that TB accounts for over one in three HIV...

Following a campaign launched by Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, Co-Chair of the Global TB Caucus and Minister of Health of South Africa, the United Nations General Assembly has agreed to hold a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Tuberculosis through a resolution endorsed today by...