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APPG Member leads DFID questions and calls for continued UK leadership to end TB
nLast Wednesday at international development questions APPG member Oliver Colvile MP led the session and called on the Secretary of State to do everything possible to ensure the Global Fund's replenishment target is met as a minimum. n nThe shadow Secretary of State,...
“TB must be at the heart of any global action against AMR”
n nToday the independent Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) commissioned by the Prime Minister published its final report on how we can address antibiotic resistance and therein incentivise new research and development for conditions including TB:...
APPG co-hosts founding and current Directors of the Global Fund
Together with the APPGs on HIV AIDS and Malaria and NTDs, on Tuesday 10 May, the APPG on Global TB co-hosted a private round table discussion with the founding Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Sir Richard Feachem, and the Fund's...
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...