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Suitable for nurses involved in TB management, general practitioners, hospital physicians, microbiologists, public health doctors and anyone else involved in the care of TB patients and their families.

Royal College of Physicians approved.  5 CPD credits

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The Steering Group of the UK Coalition to Stop TB has now been formed and conducted their first meeting on 12 August 2010. During the first meeting a structural shake up of the Coalition took place whereby the working groups have now been disbanded and will be replaced by focal contacts for the key themes of: HIV-TB; TB in the UK; Resource Mobilisation; New Tools and Research with the purpose of forming ad Hoc ‘taskforces to tackle key activities coming up in the next few months. The Steering Group is currently in the process of developing a strategic work plan for the next six months (to May 2011), and will be introducing themselves, the strategic objectives and new work plan to members at the next quarterly meeting on 6 October 2010.

Steering Group members as of August 2010:
• Becky Owens (Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation)
• Mike Smith (APPG on Global TB)
• Aparna Barua (RESULTS UK) – vice Chair
• Morris Lab (Target TB) – Chair
• Mike Mandelbaum (TB Alert)
• Dr. Vanessa Graham (Individual)
• Kieron Hardman (Genus Pharmaceuticals Ltd)

For further information please contact the Coalition secretariat through aparna.barua@results.org.uk

On 19th April 2010, The UK Coalition to Stop TB is happy to be involved with Poet in the City on 19th April at Kings Place from 7pm.

Poet in the City is a philanthropic charity committed to attracting new audiences to poetry. On 19th April they will be holding an event celebrating the life, work and death of the poet John Keats. Amongst the speakers will be Pamela Neville-Sington, a celebrated biographer, who will discuss Keats’ early death from tuberculosis, and the subsequent fascination with this.

The UK Coalition to Stop TB will be manning a stall during the event and engaging with the audience by distributing information on tuberculosis and encouraging people to become TB advocates. If you are interested in attending this event please do follow the link to see more information about the event, and where to buy tickets here

24th March 2010 sees the celebration of WORLD TB DAY! With the launch of the UK Coalition to Stop TB’s new campaign ’TB: A Disease of the Past? Action Now!’ being launched today, the coalition aims to challenge the UK Government on the eve of a general election, to prioritise tuberculosis on the domestic and global health agendas, and take the lead in the international response to fight TB.

Gordon Brown MP, Leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister

“Tuberculosis kills 5,000 people every day in the world’s poorest countries. But together we can stop it. The UK is providing unprecedented support to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria, which has already helped to treat 5.4 million people with TB. As well as providing treatment we must stay ahead of the disease as it evolves and builds resistance. That’s why we’re investing £30 million to support the discovery and development of new and more effective drugs. We are determined to beat Tuberculosis.”

David Cameron MP, Leader of the Conservative Party

“World TB Day 2010 should prompt the world to focus on the urgent steps needed to reverse the spread of this disease. We need to build strong health systems in developing countries, tackle HIV/AIDS, and work to counter the growing threat of drug-resistance. In a globalised world, action to tackle killer diseases like TB, in the UK and abroad, is both a moral imperative and an urgent national security priority.”

Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party

“The rising incidence of TB, especially of drug-resistant forms of the disease, both at home and around the world is truly worrying. It’s the world’s most vulnerable people who suffer most from the disease – particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa and those living with HIV/AIDS. It is a scandal that, despite some progress, the Millennium Development Goal to halt the spread of TB will not be met on current form.

We have an enormous moral responsibility to people in developing countries; this is why we support the Global Plan to Stop TB. We’d make sure the UK pays its fair share towards implementing the plan. We also recognise the link between HIV/AIDS and TB – we would make sure DFID takes a comprehensive approach to addressing these diseases and would continue to promote research into new diagnostic tools, treatments and vaccines.”

With only five years remaining to meet the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), almost 5,000 people will continue to die from tuberculosis every day. Now is the time to take action!

At 12pm on 24th March 2010 the UK Coalition to Stop TB delivered their TB Election Asks to No.10 Downing Street. Kibble Ngalauka, Executive Director of the Sue Ryder Foundation, Malawi and Aparna Barua, coordinator of the UK Coalition to Stop TB were present alongside Clare Shaw from Target Tuberculosis and Mike Smith, coordinator of the APPG on Global TB.

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Young boy, rifles through rubbish to sell.

The UK Coalition to Stop TB in partnership with Target Tuberculosis is hosting an evening reception for World TB Day on 24th March, 2010.

The event will launch the Coalition’s 2010 campaign to obtain a commitment from all of the major political parties to continue to support and scale up the fight against TB globally and in the UK, and to ensure that TB is a priority in the global health agenda.

The event will also launch Target TB’s photo exhibition ‘Hope – stories from India,’ which features the pictures of professional photographer David Brunetti, who travelled to India with Target TB to document the impact of the TB pandemic on some of the country’s most marginalised communities. The exhibition will display some of his most informative and poignant images in order to raise awareness of, and advocate for, TB control in India.

The reception will be held from 6.30-8.30pm in Westminster, London, by invitation only. If you are interested in attending, please email Domonique Gallagher at intern@targettb.org.uk

Moneesha Kumari is three and a half years old and lives with her family deep in the heart of the slums of Dehradun, Uttarakhand State, India . She has TB. Here, Mrs Irish, Community Health Worker from Target TB's AKS Hope project, administers life-saving TB treatment and explains the importance of adhering to her treatment to her father.

Children in a poor community in North West India watch a puppet show organised by the AKS Hope project. Health education initiatives such as these are an integral part of TB control efforts in vulnerable communities where awareness of the disease is low.

24th March – 1.30-6pm, University College London (UCL).

The afternoon will feature plenary presentations including:

• Dr Marc Lipman (UCL Medicine) –  What’s going on with TB in London and the UK?

• Professor Stephen Gillespie (UCL Infection and Immunity)  –  Trials and Tribulations to get better TB Treatment

• Dr Carole Reeves (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine) – In search of the lost children of Craig-y-nos

Register to attend this event at  www.ucl.ac.uk/global-health/events

9am – 5.30pm at LSHTM Keppel Street, London

See invitation for details: LSHTM Conference

RSVP alexandra.hyde@lshtm.ac.uk

Each week on ‘Case Notes’, Dr Porter explores a different medical topic with reports and input from experts.  RESULTS UK, TB Alert and the NHS were involved with recording this TB focused episode on 18^th November in Leeds. Interviewees included Natalie Winter, a patient advocate as well as TB specialists Rachel Dukes, Dr Ebere Okereke and Dr John Watson.

Case Notes will broadcast the TB episode on Tuesday 12th January at 9pm and Wednesday 13th January at 4.30pm.

For more information see http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pkbmp