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APPG Members call for TB R&D to be prioritised
During a Westminster Hall debate on incentivising research and development of new antibiotics last Tuesday, APPG Members Jim Fitzpatrick MP and Jim Shannon MP highlighted the importance of tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to ending the epidemic of TB.n nAMR...
Virendra Sharma MP highlights Global Fund replenishment as the first big test for the Global Goals
On Wednesday 13 April our Co-Chair, Virendra Sharma MP, spoke in a Westminster Hall debate on implementation of the Global Goals, highlighting the need for investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria if we are to realise Global Goal 3.3 to end the...
World TB Day 2016
The APPG on Global TB has organised two public events to mark World TB Day 2016, which will take place on Wednesday 23 March in the Macmillan Room of Portcullis House.n n10.30am to 11.30am: Tackling TB at home: ending the leading infectious killern nSpeeches, panel...
APPG leads parliamentary debate on Global Fund replenishment
On 12 January 2016, Nick Herbert MP, Co-Chair of the APPG on Global TB, led a Backbench Debate on replenishment of the Global Fund in the House of Commons. n nThe debate was well-attended with interest across political parties, with the APPG briefing seven of the 11...
New figures show TB is world’s biggest infectious killer
London - The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme today (Wednesday 28 October) releases its annual Global TB Report detailing the extent of the global TB epidemic. n nThe headline figures reveal that progress against HIV has outstripped...
The fight against TB in Brazil
This week marked another significant step forward in the fight against TB in Brazil as Global TB Caucus co-chairman, the Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP, visited the Brazilian Congress in Brasilia. n nInvited by Congressman Antonio Brito, one of the founding members of the...
AGM
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB (APPG TB) held its Annual General Meeting to elect officers and reconstitute following the election. Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP and Virendra Sharma MP were elected as co-chairmen, Baroness Masham, Baroness Suttie and Lord...
New figures reveal $US 17 trillion price tag for drug-resistant tuberculosis
nNew figures published by the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB (APPG TB) reveal the alarming costs of a resurgent TB pandemic if drug resistance is left un-tackled: Over the next 35 years, 75 million people will lose their lives to multi drug-resistant TB...
PHE and NHS England launch joint £11.5m strategy to wipe out TB in the UK
n10-point action plan aims to eradicate TB across England. n nPublic Health England (PHE) and NHS England have today (19 January 2015) announced an £11.5 million investment as part of a collaborative initiative to decrease TB cases and ultimately eliminate TB as a...
First Global TB Summit Culminates in nSigning of the Barcelona Declaration on TB
nToday, political representatives spanning 5 continents signed the Barcelona Declaration on Tuberculosis (TB), committing themselves to work for sustained action and significant investment in the fight against TB.nnnThe declaration was the result of the inaugural...