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Welcome to the discussion on the agenda of the Third Stop TB Partners' Forum
SIMPLY, STOPPING TB
We can stop TB. Simply. We are making strides to stop it now. But we simply must do more, and we can.
It is with this message in mind that we move towards the Third Stop TB Partners' Forum, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 23 to 25 March 2009. This will be an open and dynamic forum where people engaged in the global fight against TB can share successes, identify barriers and inspire each other to move to a new level in the global fight against TB.
The Stop TB Partnership, whose secretariat is hosted by the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, is a network of more then 700 international organizations, countries, donors from the public and private sectors, and nongovernmental and governmental organizations that are working together to eliminate TB. The Partnership's Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015 sets forth a roadmap for halving TB prevalence and deaths compared with 1990 levels by 2015.
The Partners' Forum is the General Assembly of the Stop TB Partnership and serves to bring partners together to renew their commitment and intensify their efforts to reach the targets of the Global Plan.
The Forum belongs to all people who envision a world free of TB; and participants are invited to collaborate on setting priorities for the agenda through this discussion group.
To join the discussion group and participate by posting, commenting and voting you will need to register.
The first discussion was, Are we outraged enough to stop TB? (1-14 September 2008).
The second discussion was, Isn't it simple to stop TB? (15-28 September 2008).
The third discussion is, Can't we do more together to stop TB? (29 September - 12 October 2008).
You can also participate (via email) in a discussion about the forum through the Stop-TB eForum. To join this eForum please send email to join-stop-tb@eforums.healthdev.org
For more information on tuberculosis and the Stop TB Partnership, please visit: www.stoptb.org
Submitted by Bobby Ramakant (bobby) about 2 weeks ago
The era of antibiotics is 'coming to a close,' says the August 12th Guardian. With the once 'miracle medicines' now 'beaten into ineffectiveness by the bacteria they were designed to knock out,' we could be entering a 'post-antibiotic apocalypse' in which pneumonia could again become the 'mass-killer' it once was, especially among the old and frail; in which gonorrhea becomes extremely hard to treat; in which tuberculosis is simply 'incurable.' Need a transplant for a kidney or other organ? You'd best forget it, says the Guardian, as organ recipients' immune systems will be unable to fight off infections without antibiotics. And surgery for a burst appendix will again become 'dangerous. Read more...
The era of antibiotics is 'coming to a close,' says the August 12th Guardian. With the once 'miracle medicines' now 'beaten into ineffectiveness by the bacteria they were designed to knock out,' we could be entering a 'post-antibiotic apocalypse' in which pneumonia could again become the 'mass-killer' it once was, especially among the old and frail; in which gonorrhea becomes extremely hard to treat; in which tuberculosis is simply 'incurable.' Need a transplant for a kidney or other organ? You'd best forget it, says the Guardian, as organ recipients' immune systems will be unable to fight off infections without antibiotics. And surgery for a burst appendix will again become 'dangerous.
Keywords: antibiotic drug resistance extensively drug-resistant M/XDR-TB MDR-TB multi-drug resistant pneumonia TB tuberculosis XDR-TB
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World Care Council wrote to Kenya's National TB Programme manager, about the two TB Patients in Kenya being sentenced to 8 months in prison for not taking their tablets as prescribed. World Care Council has sought clarification on this from the National TB Programme Manager in Kenya. Read more... 
