Every year nine million people get sick with TB and three million do not receive the diagnosis and care they need.
This World TB Day, we call for a global effort to find, treat, and cure the three million and achieve progress towards zero TB deaths, infections, suffering and stigma.
RESULTS UK, Target TB, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global TB, and Stop TB UK, invite you to join them in Parliament on World TB Day, March 24th, to learn about the UK response to this global killer, and to raise our voices for change.
Agenda for the day
9.30 Am: Meet at RESULTS office in Vauxhall (31-33 Bondway, SW8 1SJ) at for breakfast.
11AM: Briefing in Parliament in Committee Room 19 with speakers from Malawi, India, and the UK.
Anthony Chilembwe – Executive Director of Sue Ryder Foundation in Malawi . Mr Chilembwe currently chairs the Southern Region Chapter of The Council for Non-Governmental Organisations in Malawi (CONGOMA) and is currently working for SRFIM to improve TB management in Balaka and Ntcheu Districts.
Mercy Annapoorni – founder and Director of Blossom Trust, India.            Ms Annapoorni leads Blossom, based in Tamil Nadu, India, which has been tackling a range of social issues , with a strong focus on TB. She is the founder of Rainbow TB Forum – a network of over 600 TB sufferers which provides support and advocacy for patients. She has worked with the National TB Control Programme and the District TB Society to lead effective patient empowerment alongside the government.
UK clinician working on tuberculosis TBC
12:30-2pm: Visit to Find & Treat mobile TB X-Ray clinic which works to screen and treat vulnerable populations for TB in the UK. F&T will be parked on the Parliamentary Estate.
7pm: APPG-TB is hosting an event in the MacMillan room with a special guest speaker.
To join us on the day please RSVP to [email protected]