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The Tuberculosis Survival Project (TBSP) was launched World TB Day 2006 with the help of funding from the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership. The project started out with several aims;
1) to raise awareness and provide information about Tuberculosis (TB) and Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).
2) to offer a peer support service to those on the TB treatment journey.
3) to provide a facility whereby people can leave their own and read about each other's experience of having the disease.
4) to provide country specific information so people can learn about what is going on in their region in regards to the disease.
In Autumn 2007 the aims were expanded to also include;
5) to develop and publish relevant self-help and informative publications that are 'really useful' to people with TB/MDR-TB.
In Spring 2008 the TBSP became part of the charity the Advocacy Partnership. TBSP left the Advocacy Partnership in Spring 2010, and the comfort of funding from the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership to pursue a new agenda and a more holistic approach to TB care, control and cure.
The project aims were also amended reflecting all of the above aims, but with the omission of aim number 4 (the provision of country specific information). The project also started to put more emphasis on aim number 5 (the development of self-help and informative publications for people with TB/MDR-TB).
TBSP has no external funding at present. It relies on the income from the sale of published products and the delivery of workshops to keep this website going.
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TBSP encourages people who have / had TB or MDR-TB to write about their experience and share it with others. Every month we give away to one lucky contributor a Shaeffer calligraphy set. The winner is picked at random so everyone has a chance. You don’t have to be an expert writer, nor do you need perfect English. We will edit your work if it needs it. Contributions are published on the TBSP website (anonymously if you wish). It really does help others who have the illness to see how other people experienced having TB /MDR-TB. The winner is announced on the last day of every month. 
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First published in 1999, a third revised edition of The Tuberculosis Survival Handbook will be published and launched at the IUATLD conference in Berlin this autumn. For the first time ever, this highly acclaimed book will also be available as an ebook, as well as a paperback printed version.
