José Luis Castro, Executive Director of The Union, has had an opinion piece published in Project Syndicate, urging for immediate and rapid global action on child tuberculosis (TB). The article emphasises the need for serious commitment from political leaders gathering at the High-Level Meeting on TB in September.
Stressing the vital importance of a human-rights led approach, he said: “TB in children is both a moral and a political problem. As such, governments should put human rights at the centre of their TB strategies, policies, and public-health services.”
He drew on The Union’s experience of tackling child TB in Uganda to highlight the need for more work in this area, saying, “beyond this example, children have generally been left out of TB research, and we urgently need to develop new tools designed specifically for them.”
The Union recently produced an advocacy report on child TB - Silent Epidemic: A Call to Action Against Child Tuberculosis - exposing the issue.
Primary results of a clinical trial into a new tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and conducted in partnership with Aeras, were published today, 25 September, in the New ......
As the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York, side events are taking place in the build up to the UN High-Level Meeting on tuberculosis later this week,
On World Lung Day we hope that this coming together of our political leaders will encourage an integrated approach to global health and bring about fundamental commitments from countries across the world to both TB and NCDs.
A message from the Executive director on the release of The Unions's annual report
Union responds to the launch of the Roadmap Towards Ending TB in Children and Adolescents, an essential document every country can use to lead a stronger response to child and adolescent TB.