Stop TB Partnership
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The Stop TB Partnership was established in 2000 to eliminate tuberculosis
as a public health problem. Its 1000 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups. The secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland and administered by the World Health Organization
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on the Tuberculosis Epidemic held in London
in March 1998. In March 2000 the Stop TB Partnership produced the Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, which called for action from ministerial delegations of 20 countries with the highest burden of TB. That same year the World Health Assembly
endorsed the establishment of a Global Partnership to Stop TB.
in Davos, Switzerland the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
was launched. The plan sets forth a roadmap for treating 50 million people for TB and enrolling 3 million patients who have both TB and HIV
on antiretroviral therapy by 2015. It aims to halve TB prevalence and deaths compared with 1990 levels by 2015. A revision of the Global Plan will be released before the end of 2010, covering the final five years of the plan's duration.
The Partnership consists of a Partners’ Forum, a Coordinating Board, a Partnership Secretariat hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, and seven Working Groups (WG).
It also provides TB drugs directly to countries heavily affected by the disease through its Global Drug Facility.
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
as a public health problem. Its 1000 partner organizations include international, nongovernmental and governmental organizations and patient groups. The secretariat is based in Geneva, Switzerland and administered by the World Health Organization
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
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History
The Stop TB Initiative was established following the meeting of the First Session of the Ad Hoc CommitteeAd hoc
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....
on the Tuberculosis Epidemic held in London
London
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in March 1998. In March 2000 the Stop TB Partnership produced the Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, which called for action from ministerial delegations of 20 countries with the highest burden of TB. That same year the World Health Assembly
World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly is the forum through which the World Health Organization is governed by its 194 member states. It is the world's highest health policy setting body and is composed of health ministers from member states....
endorsed the establishment of a Global Partnership to Stop TB.
Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
In 2006, at the World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
in Davos, Switzerland the Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis
The promotes , which calls for a total of $56 billion between 2006 and 2015 to treat 50 million tuberculosis patients and save 14 million lives during that period. Full funding of the Plan will help achieve the Millennium Development Goal to have "halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence...
was launched. The plan sets forth a roadmap for treating 50 million people for TB and enrolling 3 million patients who have both TB and HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
on antiretroviral therapy by 2015. It aims to halve TB prevalence and deaths compared with 1990 levels by 2015. A revision of the Global Plan will be released before the end of 2010, covering the final five years of the plan's duration.
Main activities
The Partnership’s activities focus chiefly on raising awareness about TB and advocating for greater commitment to and funding for TB prevention, treatment and research.The Partnership consists of a Partners’ Forum, a Coordinating Board, a Partnership Secretariat hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, and seven Working Groups (WG).
It also provides TB drugs directly to countries heavily affected by the disease through its Global Drug Facility.
External links
- The Stop TB Partnership
- International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations, Health Partnerships: Developing World - 2008
- The Stop TB Partnership’s response to the economic crisis. By Marcos Espinal, HealthDevNet
- Tuberculosis | WHO, Stop TB Partnership, UNITAID Announce New TB Test That Quickly Diagnoses MDR-TB, Weekly TB/Malaria Report