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Rise up now 4 TB (Run4TB)

Overview
Rise up now 4 TB (Run4TB) is our call action to our leaders on the commitments made at the UNHLM in 2018. Cognizant of the COVID 19 pandemic that is currently plaguing the world, the need for governments to scale up their TB response has never been higher. This World TB Day we call to partners and allies to participate in this campaign outlined below as we call for scaling up efforts to find missing patients, increased TB financing for RnD, treatment and care, adopt and implement necessary policies that will enable equitable and timely access to TB diagnosis treatment and care.
This year our world TB Day campaign was hosted by different partners in 11 countries with various activities done to engage TB stakeholders within the community nationally and globally. This involved partnerships with GFAN organizations to submit an advocacy letter to their minister of health through their National TB Caucus and also to the AU Commision and head of health division. Below are some of the highlights from our Run4TB World TB Day campaign
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Aim

The program will catalyse community and civil society voices for TB advocacy in South Africa to create a sense of urgency, have coordinated approach call upon South African leadership to rise up for TB through Community, Rights and Gender considerations in TB programming, and prioritizing the delivery of the UNHLM targets, and TB accountability.

Objectives

Sustaining, broadening, and increasing political support for the UNHLM targets and commitments in South Africa and other UN member states where South Africa has influence for example, African Union member states, the G20 where South Africa is the only African member, and the BRICS.
Increasing political support for investments in community, rights and gender considerations in TB programming in South Africa
Elevating the participation and engagement of TB affected communities in TB planning, advocacy and accountability in South Africa.

Campaigns

The program catalyses community and civil society voices for TB advocacy in South Africa to create a sense of urgency.

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10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis (TB) annually. Despite being a preventable and curable disease, 1.5 million people die from TB each year – making it the world’s top infectious killer.

Publications

Here’s What’s Happening

From our blog
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