24th March - World TB Day
Tuberculosis is one of the world's leading infectious killers - second only to HIV/AIDS. The 2007 WHO Global TB Control Report, issued Thursday 22 March 2007, updates the current trends on the airborne disease, with all the very latest data from nearly 200 countries.
In the wake of the newly identified extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), drug resistance and continuing challenges such as TB and HIV co-infection, the 2007 WHO Global TB Control Report underlines the major issues affecting TB patients, health workers and governments today. This year's report also highlights achievements in reaching global 2005 TB targets set by the World Health Assembly.
The launch coincides with World TB Day (24 March) and its theme: "TB Anywhere is TB Everywhere".
The WHO 2007 Global TB Control Report is released under embargo for Thursday 22 March 2007 (12:00 GMT) and will be launched with key speakers from WHO and the Stop TB Partnership in various cities. For full details of launch events please go to: www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2007/events.asp
Geneva
Date: March 19th , 10:00 local time
Where: UN Palais des Nations
What: Global TB Control Report launch and News Conference
Contact: thomasg@who.int
Brussels
Date: 22 March 2007, 13:00 local time
Where: European Parliament
What: Global TB Control Report launch and News Briefing
Contact: bakerl@who.int
London
Date: March 22nd , 16:00 local time
Where: Portcullis House, Westminster
What - Global TB Control Report and Global TB Action Agenda launches/News Briefing
Contact: bene@results-uk.org
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New York
Date: March 22nd , 10:00 local time
Where: United Nations Headquarters
What: Global TB Control Report launch, News Conference and opening of World Free of TB photo exhibition
Contact: thomasg@who.int
Paris
Date: March 22nd ,11:00 local time
Where: Maison de Radio France, CAPE
What: Global TB Control Report launch and news conference
Contact: michel.aublanc@wanadoo.fr
Phone contact details for all the events above:
WHO: Glenn Thomas; mobile: +41 79 509 0677; email: thomasg@who.int
Stop TB Partnership: Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid; mobile: +41 79 254 68 35; email: mandelbaumj@who.int
Carole Francis; mobile: + 41 79 540 79 56; email: francisc@who.int.
