Fully funding the TB response is a smart investment

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

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As per WHO’s Global TB Report 2018 financing for TB prevention, diagnosis and treatment continues to fall short of the amount needed and commitments from both domestic and international donor sources need to be stepped up.

Ending antimicrobial resistance is the lynchpin to #endTB as well as health security

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

[हिंदी] While reaffirming their commitment to end TB by 2030, the draft Political Declaration in the fight against tuberculosis by governments at the first UN High-Level Meeting on TB (#UNHLM to #endTB) acknowledges that "TB, including its drug-resistant forms, is a critical challenge and the leading infectious disease cause of death, the most common form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally."

[Podcast] Despite challenges, Indonesia making progress towards ending TB by 2030

Despite challenges, Indonesia makes progress in fight against TB

Sustained financing is critical cog in the wheel to #endTB

[Podcast] Will world leaders fully fund the fight to #endTB?

Dr Sandeep Pandey's message to 73rd UNGA and UNHLM for a nuclear-free world

[Podcast] Sustainable societies are not possible without a nuclear-free world

Is it the final countdown to #endTB?

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

[Podcast] Accelerating implementation of WHO FCTC Article 5.3 is vital for SDGs

Firewalling tobacco control laws from industry interference is critical for SDGs

Rotation of pictorial health warnings on tobacco products

Manjari Peiris, Sri Lanka

[First published in Asian Tribune]
Sri Lanka initiated implementation of Article 11- as envisaged in WHO’s Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)- on packaging and labelling of tobacco products, in early 2015. Eight pictures on Pictorial Health Warnings (PHWs ), that covered 80% of the surface area of cigarette packets, were introduced.

Stop misuse of medicines in human and animal healthcare or agriculture

Roll-out of new TB drugs with safeguards to check drug resistance

[Podcast] Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is posing serious threat not only to health security but also to #SDGs

Is AMR a threat? Health security is central to sustainable development

[Podcast] Tobacco industry's deception goes online: Digital marketing luring youth to deadly tobacco products

Tobacco industry exploits social media and digital tools to expand markets

[Podcast] Tobacco surveillance is key for accelerating progress to #endTobacco, #beatNCDs

Know your epidemic and know your response to #EndTobacco

[18/9 Webinar] Health security is central to "sustainable societies"

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Tip of the iceberg? Not just a health hazard, tobacco devastates development

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

(हिंदी) Tobacco kills over 7 million people annually. Every tobacco-related disease is preventable, and every tobacco related untimely death could have been averted.