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Stop TB Partnership award Target TB for our work |
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Target TB is one of 23 civil society organisations to be awarded a grant for our work in TB control by the Stop TB Partnership, as a part of the 2008 Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS). The CFCS supports grass-roots organisations that ‘help shape policy at local and national levels by giving a voice to people living with TB and those involved in its prevention, treatment and care.’ The initiative is particularly aimed at assisting organisations that improve access to TB treatment and health care for the most vulnerable members of society. |
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Felicity Kendal becomes Target TB's first patron |
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We are delighted to announce that
Felicity Kendal has accepted
an invitation to become Target TB's
first patron.
Felicity, formally in the BBC sitcom
The Good Life, took time out from
her lead road in Coward's The Vortex
to broadcast a BBC Radio 4 appeal
on behalf of Target TB. The appeal
incredibly raised over £12,000.
We are privileged to have Felicity as
our first patron.
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Secretary of State for International Development visits Target TB |
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 Target TB welcomed government minister Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, to open our new office on October 23rd 2008. David Lepper, local MP for Brighton and active supporter of Target TB, accompanied the Secretary of State for the office opening.
Mr Alexander talked with local TB and HIV organisations about how we work to improve health services in some of the world’s poorest areas. Discussions particularly focused on the need to address the TB and HIV duel epidemics together, “if there’s an integrated threat there should be an integrated response”, said the Secretary of State. Other topics included the Department of International Development (DFID) policy on health systems, the effect of the financial crisis on aid to TB and HIV causes and the decreases in funding to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and to the Stop-TB Partnership. Douglas Alexander hopes the public will not fear a rising DFID budget during the financial crisis. Mr Alexander also gave a personal reflection on his recent trip to Ethiopia where he witnessed the devastation of TB and HIV first hand. To learn more about the TB-HIV dual epidemic click here to see Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) November 2008 issue ‘Prevent, Diagnose and Treat TB&HIV’. |
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Target TB Zambian partners go to international TB conference |
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This year two of Target TB’s partners from Zambia were able to attend the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD) annual conference in Paris from 16-20th October. The conference aimed to identify barriers to effective TB prevention and treatment and discuss community-led responses.
Our partner representatives sincerely thank The Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief for providing them with the opportunity to go to this valuable conference. The IUALTD annual conference brings together key representatives working in TB control from across the world. It is an outstanding forum for information-sharing between a range of professions dedicated to fighting TB and is an important opportunity for our partners from Africa and Asia to discuss their ideas and experiences. For more information on IUALTD visit www.iuatld.org |
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Media campaign exposes devastating effect of TB |
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A global media campaign to raise awareness about extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR) was launched this autumn, spearheaded by award-winning war photographer James Nachtwey. XDR-TB is extremely difficult and costly to treat. Nachtwey’s images, showing the devastating effects of XDR, were projected on outdoor screens in over 50 cities worldwide. Rates of XDR are rising yet few countries in Africa and Asia are currently able to detect and treat it.  A 12 year-old boy suffers from TB meningitis, Cambodia. Photo by James Natchtwey
Photojournalist James Nachtwey won the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Prize in 2007 for his powerful photos of XDR-TB. He is better known for his coverage of conflict zones and is considered by many to be one of the greatest war photographers of recent decades. The photos of XDR are striking and expose the devastation of the global TB epidemic. Learn more about James Nachtwey, the TED Prize and media campaign at www.xdrtb.org To find ways to take action in your community against TB click here for a XDR-TB Tool Kit by RESULTS, the ACTION Project, and XDRTB.org |
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