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REGISTRATION OPEN! WGND Annual Meeting and Dinner 2011
We invite you to join us for the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Drugs’ Annual Meeting 2011 at the Grand Palais in Lille, France, on October 26. Also, we are sponsoring a dinner on October 25 at Le Barbue d’Anvers in Lille to allow our Sub-groups (Biology/Targets, Candidates, Critical Knowledge and Tools, and Clinical Trial Capacity) to meet and plan for activities for 2012. Please make plans to attend both events.
Posted in Action, Announcements, Events, TB News, TB Prevention and Control Strategies, TB Treatment
Call to Action–Save a million lives by 2015
On June 6, 2011, the Stop TB Partnership launched the initiative Time to Act–Save a Million Lives by 2015 at the UN Headquarters at a reception hosted by Ray Chambers, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria and UN MDG Advocate. If you would like to respond to this call to action, visit www.action.org.
Call for 2011 Kochon Prize Nominations
The Stop TB Partnership Kochon Prize supports the global fight against tuberculosis (TB). The Prize, consisting of a medal and US$ 65 000, is awarded once a year to persons, institutions, or organizations that have made a highly significant contribution to combating TB.
Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board Meets in DC
Today was the opening of the 2-day Stop TB Partnership’s Coordinating Board (CB) meeting in Washington, D.C. which included welcoming remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah (Administrator, USAID), Ms. Lois Quam (Executive Director, GHI), and Dr. Howard Koh (Assistant Secretary, U.S. Depart. of HHS).
Posted in Announcements, Early Drug Development, Events, Front Lines of TB R&D, TB Drug Development
TB R&D Weekly Update: Marine Drug Discovery Symposium at the NYAS
This week in TB R&D, we are highlighting a symposium hosted by The New York Academy of Sciences entitled “New Frontiers in Marine Drug Discovery” on May 20, 2011. This 1-day symposium will overview the current state of the art in Marine Biomedicine and its role in the context of the drug discovery process. Additional TB R&D news links are included.
Posted in Events, TB Stigma, TB Treatment, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
World TB Day: A Patient’s Perspective
The following is an e-mail circulated on the Stop TB Advocacy Network from a TB patient named Pervaiz Tufail. It is a powerful message from the patient’s perspective.
Posted in Announcements, Events, TB Stigma, Voices from the Fight to Stop Tuberculosis
David Rochkind and the Pulitzer Center Capturing the Human Faces behind TB
On World TB Day March 24, there will be a Congressional Briefing on multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) where David Rochkind, the award winning photographer and Pulitzer Center grantee, will present his reporting and photography on his exploration into the MDR-TB crisis in Moldova.
Announcement: Call for Papers on Antimicrobial Resistance
The Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health, published by the Pan American Health Organization, announces an open call for original papers, brief communications, and reviews for its next special issue, which will cover topics related to antimicrobial resistance.
USAID Head: TB Drug Research Critical in Turning Tide Against Epidemic
Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented the most recent David E. Barmes Global Health Lecture on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
New Intensive Course on TB Diagnostics
“Advanced TB Diagnostic Research: An intensive, high-level course on TB diagnostic research methods” will be held July5-8, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This advanced course will cover the principles behind diagnostic research, diagnostic study designs, sources of bias, and value chain for TB diagnostics development.
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