CNS coverage from 2nd Global Forum on Tuberculosis (TB) Vaccines, Tallinn, Estonia

Babs Verblackt wrote on issues around the tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, on-site from the 2nd Global Forum on TB Vaccines, in Tallinn, Estonia (21-24 September 2010). Babs is freelance journalist, a Fellow of CNS Writers' Bureau and Associate Communications at TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative – TBVI). Read more

These CNS articles were published in a diverse range of media outlets of many countries including: India, Pakistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, United Arab Emirates (UAE), USA, New Zealand, Bangladesh, South Korea, among others. CNS also used social media extensively to disseminate articles through Twitter (3000+), Facebook (2600+), younews, reddit, Google Buzz, Digg, newstrust, HealthDev.net, AIDSspace, nowpublic and others. These articles were also disseminated via electronic discussion forums on specific issues like SEA-AIDS, Stop-TB, Lung Health, to name a few. Synopsis of these articles was translated in Thai language and broadcasted through FM 102.5 in Thailand.

Five CNS articles written by Babs Verblackt, from the 2nd Global Forum for TB Vaccines are as follows:

1. TB doesn't get the prioritization it needs

2. New effective TB vaccine would be 'game changer'

3. Clinical trial capacity remains challenge for TB vaccine development
4. Comic book explains TB vaccine clinical trial
5. HIV activists help push tuberculosis (TB) awareness

Thanks

Citizen News Service (CNS) and CNS Stop-TB Initiative