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The Department for International Development (DFID) today launched its Bilateral and Multilateral Development Reviews, with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria receiving a score of 'very good' which ranks it amongst DFID's best investments.n n nThe...

nThe House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee today held an oral evidence session following up on its previous report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).n nWitnesses included Lord O'Neill, who led the independent Review on AMR and who noted the importance of...

Together with RESULTS UK, the APPG on Global Tuberculosis hosted a panel discussion on 'Championing the political will to end TB' at the Union World Lung Health Conference taking place in Liverpool.n The discussion was chaired by the APPG's Adviser, Dan Sharp, and...

nThe World Health Organisation's Global Tuberculosis Report 2016, published today, shows that TB - already the world’s deadliest infectious disease - just got deadlier, with more cases, more deaths and more drug-resistance.n nAccording to the report, there were an...

n n nOn Monday 10 October the APPG on Global Tuberculosis held its Annual General Meeting in Room O, Portcullis House.n n nMinutes are as below.n n n n n n n n n n nPresent: Apologies:nDan Sharp (Secretariat) Virendra Sharma MPnRt Hon Nick Herbert MP Grahame Morris...

nFollowing publication of the UK’s seminal Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), the United Nations has convened a High Level Meeting on AMR which has resulted in a landmark declaration agreeing to tackle the threat being signed by 193 countries.n nThe agreement...

nAs world leaders arrive in New York for the UN's High Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance, the 28th Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board Meeting concluded today with a call for the first ever UN High Level Meeting on TB:...

Sharing a stage with world leaders in Montreal today, the new Secretary of State for International Development, Priti Patel, made her first major announcement: an increased contribution from the UK to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria of £1.1...

nFollowing the leadership of the UK Government and others, the G20 grouping of the world's leading economies has called for coordinated action to tackle antimicrobial resistance.n nThe communique from the G20 Leaders' Summit in Hangzhou, China, states:n n"46....

nOn Tuesday 12 July the APPG co-hosted a special event to mark the progress that has been made by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria ahead of its Fifth Replenishment pledging conference in Montreal on 16 September.n nInvestments from the Global Fund have...