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World TB Day – March 24 2018

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

March 24th is World TB Day. World TB Day was designed to bring public awareness to what is still considered an epidemic in much of the world and was chosen to be on this date to commemorate the day in … Continue reading →

We invest millions in health, but still millions are dying

Posted on March 20, 2018 by phpunsal

By Shelly Batra (Co-Founder and President, Operation ASHA) TB – a disease that continues to plague the poorest When I was a student in King George’s Medical College, India, a group of doctors came from the UK to visit our … Continue reading →

Navigating silos–reflections on 20 years of health policy advocacy and programme implementation in Southeast Asia

Posted on October 12, 2017 by phpunsal

By Chris Vickery (Biography below) The establishment of Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) has seen a massive increase in funding for, depending on how one saw it, either health system-distorting, unintegrated vertical disease control programmes, or problem-focused, results-based strategic investments in … Continue reading →

Special collection for World TB Day 2017: Insights from recent health policy and systems research

Posted on March 23, 2017 by phpunsal

By Mishal Khan (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Background Tuberculosis (TB) is now the leading cause of death from an infectious disease, and in addition to its impact in terms of mortality, TB has considerable social and economic … Continue reading →

World Tuberculosis Day – Unite to End TB in Papua New Guinea

Posted on March 22, 2017 by phpunsal

By Jeremy Hill (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) World tuberculosis (TB) day is a valuable opportunity to focus on the global epidemic of tuberculosis. In London, I’ll be attending a symposium hosted by LSHTM and UCL  where the program … Continue reading →

World TB Day

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Victoria Cranna

To mark World Tuberculosis Day on 24th of March, we would like to highlight the archive of Sir Arthur Newsholme, a pioneer in public health who took a special interest in TB. Sir Arthur, who was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, … Continue reading →