The Australian Tuberculosis Review 2018
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22 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland -- Last week, 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end TB by 2030 at the conclusion of the WHO Global Ministerial Conference on ‘Ending TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response’ in Moscow, Russia. President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation gave the keynote speech on the first day of the Conference on 16 November. The first high-level plenary started with the welcome address of Amina J Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary. The Conference was opened by Veronika Skvortsova, Minister of Health, Russian Federation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Zsuzanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, Minister of Health of South Africa and Chair of the Stop TB Partnership, and Timpiyan Leseni, TB survivor from Kenya. The meeting was attended by ministers and country delegations, as well as representatives of civil society and international organizations, scientists, and researchers. More than 1000 participants took part in the two-day conference which resulted in collective commitment to ramp up action to end TB.
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30 OCTOBER 2017, WASHINGTON: Global efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have saved an estimated 53 million lives since 2000 and reduced the TB mortality rate by 37%, according to the “Global TB Report 2017” released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today.
Despite these achievements, the latest picture is grim. TB remains the top infectious killer in 2016. TB is also the main cause of deaths related to antimicrobial resistance and the leading killer of people with HIV. Progress in most countries is stalling and is not fast enough to reach global targets or close persistent gaps in TB care and prevention.
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Recent media activity has once again shone the spotlight on the thorny and populist issue of charities and administration costs. It is unfortunate as this subject always puts a damper on the collective good work undertaken by our sector.
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