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In response to the corona virus outbreak, parliamentary authorities have restricted the access of external visitors to the parliamentary estate. As a result, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB’s briefing to mark World TB Day will be cancelled.

Chairs of the APPG are working with colleagues to find alternative ways of marking World TB Day in Parliament and would like to encourage supporters to do the same. The Stop TB Partnership has produced this helpful social media toolkit, which is accessible here.

The Group will look to rearrange the event to later on in the yea...

World TB Day takes place on the 24th of March. To mark the occasion, the APPG on Global TB will host a briefing, inviting government representatives, scientists and TB-affected communities to reflect on progress made, the challenge ahead, and the role of the UK in delivering on the commitments made at the UN High-Level Meeting. 

Please join us on 25th of March from 2.30PM in the IPU room. Speakers will be confirmed in due course. 

External stakeholders are welcome to attend the event but requested to kindly RSVP by 15th of March to janika.hauser@appg-tb.org.uk 

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB will host its Annual General Meeting on the 12th of February from 3-4PM in the Macmillan Room of Portcullis House. Parliamentarians are kindly requested to join the meeting to elect officers and determine the priorities for the group's activities in the coming year. 

While only parliamentarians may elect officers officers, the AGMs of All-Party Parliamentary Groups are public. Should members of the public wish to attend the meeting, they are kindly requested to RSVP to info@appg-tb.org.uk. 

This Saturday, Prime Minister Theresa May announced the UK’s continuing support to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, making an investment that will help save 2 million lives over the next three years.

By making the announcement on the side-lines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, the Prime Minister has increased pressure on counterparts around the world to step up their own investments in line with the Global Fund replenishment case, increasing the likelihood of a successful sixth replenishment and the overall impact of the UK’s investment.

The new pledge will average at £467...

Today, the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, and Global Tuberculosis joined forces to raise awareness of the forthcoming replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Opening the reception, Stephen Dougthy MP, Jeremy Lefroy MP and Nick Herbert MP praised the UK’s continued leadership on global health. Emphasising the Global Fund’s remarkable impact since being founded in 2002, the Chairs highlighted the urgent need to step up investments to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals as well as commitme...

On 27 March 2019, the House of Commons marked World TB Day with a debate in Westminster Hall. 

You can watch the full debate here.  

In his opening remarks, Nick Herbert MP emphasised the importance of accountability, saying that "the UK has a vital role to play in ensuring that there is more effective, sharper and independent accountability. Without that accountability, I fear that we will not met those targets, and if we do not, we do not have a chance of beating the disease within the set timeframe".  

During the subsequent debate, APPG Vice-Chairs Nic Dakin MP and Jim F...

The fight against Tuberculosis (TB) in England must be stepped up if the disease is to be beaten, MPs have warned.

In a report published ahead of World TB Day on 24 March, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB says that, while rates of the disease have declined gradually in recent years, a third of patients are not treated for more than four months after falling ill, with serious implications for patients, rates of drug-resistance and public health.

England has one of the highest rates of TB in Europe, with over 5,500 cases in 2017.  The Government introduced a national TB...

This week, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB marked World TB Day at a reception in Parliament. With this year’s World TB Day theme being “It’s Time”, it is fitting that the event took place only a few metres away from Big Ben, generously hosted by the House of Commons Speaker, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP, in his state rooms.  

After being welcomed by APPG Co-Chair Virendra Sharma MP, International Development Minister, The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP, addressed the audience. Minister Burt reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the fight against TB, saying “this matters to us, we...

Today,  Nick Herbert MP called for a debate to mark World TB Day.

Mr Herbert, who co-chairs the APPG on Global TB,  noted that TB remains the world's deadliest infectious disease globally, highlighting both the high number of cases in the UK and the threat posed by drug-resistance.

Following the UN High-Level Meeting on TB, Mr Herbert emphasised the importance of a successful sixth replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, noting that "it's time to end TB".  

In her response, the Leader of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP, acknowledge...

Today, Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on HIV/AIDS, Global Tuberculosis, and Malaria and NTDs met with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria's new executive director, Peter Sands. 

During the closed roundtable discussion, Mr Sands presented the investment case for the forthcoming replenishment and spoke of the Global Fund's work in tackling the three diseases globally. 

The French Government will be hosting the sixth replenishment conference in Lyon, France on 10 October 2019. The Global Fund estimates that it will need to raise at least USD $14 billion to reac...