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6 Apr 2021 The TB Europe Coalition (“TBEC”), non-profit foundation registered in the Netherlands, is pleased to announce a call for expression of interest for expert sociologist for baseline situation assessment using Annex 2 of the Multisectoral accountability framework to accelerate progress to end TB (MAF-TB) in the framework of the implementation of 2 projects: Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) grant, provided by the Stop TB Partnership, and grant provided by Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA). About TB Europe Coalition (TBEC) Established in 2009, TBEC is a regional...

  Yangon –  The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director in Myanmar, Ms. Aler Grubbs, introduced the new USAID Local Action Toward Tuberculosis-Free Myanmar project to the Yangon Regional Health Department, development partners and local civil society organizations. Dr. Win Naing, Director, Yangon Regional Health Department, Ministry of Health and Sports opened the event. The new three-year project marks a milestone in the U.S.-Myanmar partnership to prevent and treat tuberculosis. The project is being implemented by a Myanmar civil society organization,...

DRUG RESISTANT TB NEXT BIG HEALTH THREAT IN Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 00:00 PNG Major effort urged to stem tide PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, Aug. 5, 2010) – PAPUA New Guinea’s gains in tuberculosis (TB) control over the last decade would be lost unless multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant TB, as well as TB-HIV co-infection are urgently addressed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. WHO says countries in the region, including PNG had made huge progress towards the regional goal of decreasing by half TB prevalence and mo...