New York City -- September 26, 2018

NTCA Members,

We are honored to be attending the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End TB and the events in New York City supporting TB advocacy this week. The first day of TB meetings brought several new resources to our attention that we wanted to share with you.

--Diana Fortune and Donna Hope Wegener

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Roadmap towards Ending TB

in Children and Adolescents

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners unveiled the Roadmap towards Ending TB in Children and Adolescents .

TB Warrior

TB Warrior is an innovative, cinematic, social network-driven platform to strengthen the global TB community.  Watch the official trailer online of the "The Unsaved". The cinematic video supports nurses (the nurse is the star!), patients, and other TB warriors around the globe. 

TB Voices: Surviving the World's Top Infectious Killer

In TB VOICES - Surviving the World's Top Infectious Killer, a panel of TB Survivors shared their experiences in surviving TB. Paulina Siniatkina, a person with TB from Russia, painted her experience while she was an inpatient with TB entitled "Hold Your Breath". Visit her website to share her experiences. 

 

Background on the Meeting

For background on the importance of this meeting, see background FAQ, and the political declaration of the meeting. For additional indepth information and insight, listen to Dr. Eric Goosby, UN Special Envoy on TB, on CSIS's Take as Directed podcast and read the Stop TB Partnership UNHLM web page. For information on what was covered, see the meeting agenda