World TB Day (minus 3) - It's time to take childhood TB seriously!
In three days time it's another World TB Day, and the Stop TB Partnership has (as usual) developed a punchy strapline for the day. This...
International Women's Day (+1) - and kicking ass
Yesterday was International Women’s Day (and what’s more, World TB Day is now less than a fortnight away). Given the significance of...
Do we choose not to hear the suffering?
This blog is written in honour of the unheard. It was Arundhati Roy who observed that there is actually no such thing as the voiceless...
Flying the Flag for investigating traditional medicines - the G20 Political Declaration in Buenos Ai
Recent blogs suggest that we’re not really fans of political declarations or of motions passed by the World Health Assembly. Sadly we...
‘The Duke’, Good medicine & Moxibustion’ – a viewpoint
“We want to be on the winning team, but if we do so by turning our backs on the losers, then it surely is not worth it. So we must set...
The UNHLM Political Declaration and Country Targets – targets, aims or obfuscation?
As everyone agrees, the UN HLM was without question ‘historic’ - not least because it has finally brought the global community of TB...
'I cannot hear you, but I will make sure you hear me loud and clear!'
We've been taking a quick look through some of the statements made at last week’s HLM on TB in New York. There’s every reason to be...
Were any of the world leaders at the UN in New York yesterday really thinking seriously about MDR-TB
In Part 1 we asked whether the implications of the target for MDR-TB set by the Political Declaration at the UN and signed up to by world...
Are any world leaders at the UN in New York today really thinking seriously about MDR-TB? (Part 1)
In the last reported years 6.4 million TB cases were notified to the WHO (of the total 10 million estimated cases), of whom 82% saw...
How 75 million lives could be saved (and a company can still make a profit)
Despite being immersed in the tawdry story of TB control (or lack of it) for the last ten years, we keep coming across something new that...
