23/10/07 - Berlin Declaration Signed by 49 Countries Across the European Region.Representatives of 49 countries across the European region attended a high level ministerial meeting in Berlin on the 22nd October 2007.
11/09/07 - Have Your Say in the Editorial Process to Draft the 'Offer of Partnership' to the Health Ministers of the European Region 22 October 2007, the WHO EURO office will hold a Ministerial Forum in Berlin entitled 'All Against TB' which will announce new political and financial commitments to combat the disease.
28/08/07 - Call for Nominations - Two Seats on the Executive Committee, Stop TB Partnership for Europe - Despite being curable, TB continues to kill nearly 2 million people a year. Globally TB-HIV and Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR) are two of the most serious challenges confronting TB control efforts.
30/07/07 - It's Good to Talk: The ICN's TB Patient Talk Forum - TBSP anounces a new function available on the this website. TB Patient Talk is an online forum run and moderated by the International Council of Nurses.
27/06/07 - New Leadership at the Stop TB Partnership for Europe - The interim Executive Committee of the 'Stop TB Partnership for Europe' has met in Riga, Latvia.
13/06/07 - Eli Lilly recognized for their role in the battle against MDR-TB - Lilly's pioneering MDR-TB Partnership began in 2003, when the company dedicated $70 million in funding to support a multi pronged strategy to increase the supply and availability of effective drugs for treating the comlex and life threatening disease
22/05/07 - Tuberculosis: fighting an old disease through new approaches - Representatives of 50 European Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, gathered in Istanbul for a regional conference, heard a vibrant plea for reviving real communication between health care workers and tuberculosis patients to ensure treatment completion.
17/05/07 - Only a short time remaining to apply for the Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) - The CFCS is a mechanism to provide financial support to small groups of civil society organizations and for funding advocacy and social mobilization activities at the grass roots level. It is targeted at civil society groups that are seeking to shape policy-making at local and national levels.
26/03/07 - TB Survival Project asks Canada to sustain funding to the Global Drug Facility - On a visit to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa organized by RESULTS CANADA, TBSP's Paul Thorn praised Canada for its past contributions to the Global Drug Facility (GDF)
22/03/07 - The TB Survival Project supports the theme for this year's World TB Day - "TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere". Whilst TB exists anywhere in the world, there is a collective responsibility that touches everyone
19/01/07 - TB Survival Project launches a new writing competition: win a shiny new digital camera!World TB day 2007 is on March 24th. To mark the occassion the TB Survival Project is launching a new writing competition.
01/12/06 - TB is a major problem for people living with HIV and still some in the HIV community are failing to recocognise the problem. World AIDS Day 2007 will see activities to raise awareness about HIV all over the world.
03/11/06 - New figures released by the UK's Health Protection Agency show dramatic rise of TB -ases of Tuberculosis (TB) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have increased by 10.8% from 7,321 cases reported in 2004 to 8,113 in 2005 according to new figures released by the Health Protection Agency.
02/11/06 - Zambian patient TB/HIV activist is recognised as joint first participant of the Kochon Prize - TB/HIV activist Winston Zulu has been jointly awarded the first Kochon Prize with Indian Deputy Director of TB.
01/11/06 - New improved and updated website showcased at Paris IUATLD conference - The Tuberculosis Survival Project (TBSP) has its new and improved website online.
01/11/06 - Launch of new fund for civil society
Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the Stop TB Partnership,
speaking in Paris has announced the launch of a new fund
called the "Challenge Fund for Civil Society" (CFCS).
21/09/06 - STOP TB - WRITE NOW - and claim your free book!
Between now and the 21st October 2006 we are giving away a FREE copy of The Tuberculosis Survival Handbook to everyone who writes and sends in their own personal story and experience of having TB/MDR-TB for publication on this website.
16/08/06 - Tuberculosis Survival Project launches new initiative at XVI International Aids Conference in Toronto...
Today the Tuberculosis Survival Project launched a new strand of the initiative. The site will soon carry pages of country specific information for people affected by TB/MDR-TB.
10/07/06 - A letter to Tony Blair - (see picture here) TB activists deliver letter to Blair urging commitment to the "Call to Stop TB" campaign at G8 summit (Read the letter here in PDF format)
10/07/06 - Tony Blair endorses global tuberculosis campaign
13/07/06 - G8 summit must prioritise TB - G8 Leaders warned half measures will fail those most at risk (download article in PDF format)
05/06/06 - Global campaign to eliminate TB by 2050 - The global campaign to eliminate TB by 2050 can only succeed with new technologies say health experts (download article in DOC format)
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