Briefing & Networking Session - End TB
© Campaigns in Global Health / J. Hauser
Tuberculosis (TB) has recently regained the unenviable title of being the world’s deadliest infectious disease, with the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in the first increase in TB incidence and mortality in over a decade. This September, the UN General Assembly will host a High-Level Meeting on the fight against TB, with the intention of reinvigorating the global response to the disease.
Event Information
May 8, 2023, 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM
German House, New York City
Organizer(s): Campaigns in Global Health, Treatment Action Group, UK Academics and Professionals to End TB, DWIH New York
Intervention during UN multistakeholder hearing by Janika Hauser following this Briefing Session on May 8, 2023
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If you are a an academic, researcher or healthcare worker and would like to get in touch with the organizers, kindly contact Janika Hauser (janika@cghproject.org).
Research, innovation, and delivery will be crucial to this effort. To reach the Sustainable Development Goal target of ending TB by 2030, we need to optimize access to currently available tools and develop new tools and approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat the disease.
On 8 May 2023, the UN hosted a multi-stakeholder hearing to inform the High-Level Meeting. Academics, researchers, and healthcare workers will travel to New York to provide their expert input. This session briefed attendees about the process and enabled the scientific and professional community to coordinate their engagement during the hearing and on return to their home countries.