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Stop TB Partnership and World Economic Forum Highlight "Valleys of Death" that hold back the fight against TB


18 Sep 2018
by Working Group

In an article written by Lucica Ditiu, Executive Director, Stop TB Partnership, and Jacqueline Huh, Head, Strategic Initiatives & Innovative Financing, Stop TB, the 'valleys of death' that hold back TB new tools innovation are discussed. These two valleys occur between new tool development and commercialization and then between commercialization and roll-out. In their article, published on the World Economic Forum website, the authors discuss why innovators often fail in the pursuits of producing new tools in the fight against TB. To read the full article, click the link below: 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/tb-is-the-worlds-deadliest-infectious-disease-we-have-one-shot-to-stop-it

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