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The Stop TB Initiative was established following the meeting of the First Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Tuberculosis Epidemic held in London in March 1998. [4] In March 2000 the Stop TB Partnership produced the Amsterdam Declaration to Stop TB, which called for action from ministerial delegations of 20 countries with the highest burden of TB.
The WHO as well as the Stop TB Partnership aim for the full elimination of TB by 2050—requiring a 1000-fold reduction in tuberculosis incidence. [3] As of 2017, tuberculosis has not been eliminated from any country.
The patent was supposed to expire in July 2023, but J&J's evergreening practices will not allow the distribution of generics in several countries heavily afflicted by tuberculosis. [ 31 ] In July 2023, the WHO's Stop TB program and Johnson & Johnson came to an agreement allowing for Stop TB Partnership's Global Drug Facility to produce generic ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared TB a "global health emergency" in 1993, [14] and in 2006, the Stop TB Partnership developed a Global Plan to Stop Tuberculosis that aimed to save 14 million lives between its launch and 2015. [132]
The Global Fund’s investments have reduced deaths from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria by 61% since 2002, saving 65 million lives. [27] Recent efforts include lowering the cost of key treatments for drug-resistant TB by 55% and first-line HIV medications by 25%, while introducing a more effective insecticide-treated mosquito net. [28]
2013: Stop TB in my lifetime; 2014: Reach the three million: A TB test, treatment and cure for all; 2015: Gear up to end TB; 2016: Unite to End TB; 2017: Unite to End TB; 2018: Wanted: Leaders for a TB-free world; 2019: It's time; 2020: It's time to end TB! 2021: The clock is ticking; 2022: Invest to end TB. Save Lives; 2023-2024: Yes! We can ...
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB drugs. XDR-TB strains have arisen after the mismanagement of individuals with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Almost one in four people in the world is infected with TB bacteria. [1]
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch . [ 1 ] As of 2021, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921.