Treating Patients to Talk Time
GOOD magazine
Encouraging TB patients to take their medication by offering cell phone minutes.
South Africa AIDS activist urges new TB plan
Reuters
African nations are failing to control tuberculosis and could be overwhelmed by drug resistant strains of the infectious lung disease, with dire implications for the war on AIDS, leading AIDS activist Zackie Achmat said.
“Re-Mind the Gap”
In 1969, the London Underground introduced the slogan "Mind the Gap" to warn its subway passengers of falling into the gap between the station platform and the train door. Now imagine how many millions of lives could be lost if the nearly $5 billion funding gap currently faced by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria is not filled.
Images of Deadly TB Remind Congress of Need to Fund Global Health
It is one thing to tell members of Congress about the suffering caused by deadly diseases like tuberculosis in the world's poorest countries. It is another thing to bring graphic evidence of the horror of TB to the esteemed halls of the greatest legislative building in the country.
Civil Society Missing Voice at Health Summit
Earlier this month, several ACTION partners traveled to Seattle for an annual gathering of health experts at the Pacific Health Summit. The Summit is a diverse event that includes scientists, philanthropists, civil society activists, pharmaceutical companies, and public health officials. Each year, the Summit focuses on a different global health theme. This year, the theme was "MDR-TB: Overcoming Global Resistance."
G8 Must Not Ignore Global Fund
Next month, the leaders of the economically strongest countries in the world will gather at the G8 Summit in Italy. There, presidents and prime ministers from the U.S., the UK, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Italy, and Russia will make critical commitments to addressing the global economy and international development.
Senate triples AIDS spending
Associated Press
The U.S. Senate voted to triple spending for a much-acclaimed program that has treated and protected millions in Africa and elsewhere from the scourges of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
